Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:03:17 +0200 (SAST) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: rizzo@aciri.org (Luigi Rizzo) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support Message-ID: <200102171303.PAA11182@siri.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <200102170509.f1H59cA08731@iguana.aciri.org> from Luigi Rizzo at "Feb 16, 2001 9: 9:33 pm"
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Luigi Rizzo wrote: > I have spent some time trying to put etherboot[1] code onto the > hard disk so that it can be selected using the FreeBSD boot > manager. I ended up doing it with a small amt of modifications > to the "boot1" code, for which a patch is attached. > > Maybe it could be interesting in applying this patch to the standard > boot1 code (apart for the PRT_BSD change, which should be unmodified). The size of the boot1 code must be <= 446 bytes. The code already gets customised a lot, for example, in embedded work and space needs to be left to allow for that. So I wouldn't personally be in favour of adding this to the standard boot1. -- Robert Nordier rnordier@nordier.com // Le monde est plein de fous, et qui n'en veut pas voir rnordier@FreeBSD.org // Doit se tenir tout seul, et casser son miroir. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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