Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:44:12 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: qa@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New cdboot ISO available Message-ID: <XFMail.020112154412.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3C40A51B.1030201@owt.com>
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On 12-Jan-02 Kent Stewart wrote: > > > 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. Hmmm, that is weird. I assume it doesn't hang with the normal ISO image? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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