Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 22:50:01 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Cc: ggm@connect.com.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modifying boot mgrs FROM FREEBSD Message-ID: <199708061320.WAA08867@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <19970806075054.63235@ct.picker.com> from Randall Hopper at "Aug 6, 97 07:50:54 am"
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Randall Hopper stands accused of saying: > George Michaelson: > |So how can you tune the bootmgrs from within FreeBSD? Sure, lotsa recipes "tune"? Can you be more specific? > One thing you might look at is running these DOS multiboot utilities in > FreeBSD inside PCEmu or DOSCMD. If the bootmanager uses the BIOS to do all > its reading and writing, and if those ISRs are emulated correctly, it just > might work. For obvious reasons, none of the DOS emulators allow the emulated process direct access to the disk. ie. No, it won't work. ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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