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Date:      Sun, 16 Apr 1995 06:06:52 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
Cc:        joerg@freefall.cdrom.com (Joerg Wunsch), CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-sys@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot boot.c 
Message-ID:  <199504161306.GAA00187@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 16 Apr 95 06:02:26 PDT." <199504161302.GAA07224@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> 

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>> 
>> joerg       95/04/16 06:02:54
>> 
>>   Modified:    sys/i386/boot/biosboot boot.c
>>   Log:
>>   Remove the #ifdef REDUNDANT crud.  This could be looked up in CVS by
>>   interested parties.
>>   
>>   Make the loader refuse to load anything below 1 MB -- we didn't
>>   support it since FreeBSD 2.0R.  Avoid gratuitously wiping out the BIOS
>>   variables or the loader.
>
>You do realize that when /boot does come along this will have to be
>put back in :-(.  /boot will load <1MB so that it can load the
>kernel >1MB.

   No, we'll be smart and load it >= 0x1000.

-DG



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