Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:45:35 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/cdboot Makefile cdboot.s Message-ID: <XFMail.011221144535.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3C23BB02.6060307@owt.com>
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On 21-Dec-01 Kent Stewart wrote: > > > John Baldwin wrote: > >> On 21-Dec-01 Kent Stewart wrote: >> >>> >>>John Baldwin wrote: >>> >>> >>>>jhb 2001/12/21 13:01:41 PST >>>> >>>> Added files: (Branch: RELENG_4) >>>> sys/boot/i386/cdboot Makefile cdboot.s >>>> Log: >>>> MFC the new cdboot replacement for cdldr. >>>> >>>> Approved by: re >>>> >>>> Revision Changes Path >>>> 1.4.2.1 +23 -0 src/sys/boot/i386/cdboot/Makefile (new) >>>> 1.9.2.1 +553 -0 src/sys/boot/i386/cdboot/cdboot.s (new) >>>> >>> >>>What is this going to do to those of us that use the ntldr to boot our >>>multiboot systems. For example, I have boot1 on my c-drive and it is >>>referenced in boot.ini as my FreeBSD boot. >>> >> >> Nothing. cdboot is (as the name implies) used when booting from a CD-ROM, >> not >> from a hard drive. :) >> > > > I replied to the wrong message. The one I was looking at looked like the > regular boot loader was changing and I went through this side effect > when boot1 was changed a while back. I would get a btx panic during the > boot. Ah, that was a different change involving boot1 and boot2 changing how they talked to each other that was needed for booting off of some IBM machines. This change doesn't touch boot1 and boot2, so you should be fine. -- 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 cvs-all" in the body of the message
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