Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 06:53:29 -0700 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: richard@harlequin.co.uk (Richard Brooksby) Cc: jfieber@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook question: Boot Process Message-ID: <307.810914009@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 12 Sep 1995 11:35:56 BST." <v02130501ac7b126fbeb3@[192.88.238.247]>
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> I read the section on the boot process with great interest. I realize it's > unfinished, but I wonder if you could answer a few questions. > > Dosboot sounds useful, especially since Windows 95 doesn't like biosboot. > Unfortunately I can't find it anywhere. (I found winboot in the xperiment > directory.) Can you tell me where to find it? I belive its in /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/dosboot > I'd like to know _how_ the kernel finds a root filesystem. How to I > configure or parameterize it to use the various root filesystems you > mention? I am particularly interested in booting from CDROM or MFS. Well, this is tricky, you basically need to modify the kernel-source to do what you want. There are #ifdef's but I cannot remember them all. Try: grep root /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/*.c And start from there... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?
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