Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 11:27:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> To: David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot off USB SanDisk? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010201126290.21849-100000@mini.acl.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010201123540.21849-100000@mini.acl.lanl.gov>
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > I'm booting to single-user in 3 seconds using these things. The IDE delays > are high, even for Flash IDE, so going for the socket is a good thing. should have said: single user Linux. FreeBSD did not work, I think because the bootup stuff in the kernel wants to as the BIOS "a few questions", and there's not bios there. If anyone wants to work on a non-bios-querying boot-time parameter interface for freebsd (like the one linux has) let me know. I would really like to boot freebsd out of flash. ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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