Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:05:31 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, qa@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New cdboot ISO available Message-ID: <3C40A51B.1030201@owt.com> References: <XFMail.020110015947.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > A new experimental CD bootstrap was recently added to -stable for the i386 > architecture that allows the full contents of the CD to be used when booting. > The method we currently uses relies on the BIOS emulating a floppy drive from a > floppy image file on the CD. This limits the size of the kernel that we can > boot off of. The new CD bootstrap allows a full GENERIC kernel to be used when > booting off of a CD, allowing more drivers to work out of the box. However, > not all BIOS's that support the older method support this newer method of CD > booting. I have a ECS K7S5A that booted but sysinstall was completely hung. I had to hit the reset button to reboot. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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