From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 4 18:13:46 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA24422 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 18:13:46 -0800 Received: from relay5.UU.NET (relay5.UU.NET [192.48.96.15]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA24401 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 18:13:35 -0800 Received: from uucp5.UU.NET by relay5.UU.NET with SMTP id QQzssu06559; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 21:13:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from uanet.UUCP by uucp5.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 21:13:23 -0500 Received: by crocodil.monolit.kiev.ua; Tue, 5 Dec 95 04:12:21 +0200 Received: from bee.cs.kiev.ua (bee.cs.kiev.ua [193.124.54.45]) by clipper.cs.kiev.ua (8.6.4) with ESMTP id EAA21344 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 04:06:27 +0200 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by bee.cs.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.6.9) id EAA25498 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 04:06:26 +0200 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 04:06:26 +0200 From: System Daemon Message-Id: <199512050206.EAA25498@bee.cs.kiev.ua> Apparently-To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk hello fellow FreeBSD hackers and users, I have written something which fits into 512 bytes and is able to boot FreeBSD's boot loader (found in /usr/mdec) without using a DOS (what's this, btw?) on the floppy. Look at ftp://cs.kiev.ua/csrt/unix/dkbooter-1.0.zip. readme inside. This is intended for those who run diskless FreeBSD workstations (as I do - works great!). A diskless router+firewall w/NFS-mounted directory is neat. And I can run several machines off one /usr partition. (about 20Mb root+ 20Mb of swap per machine, home directories are shared, too). -- "When you get a woman, your .emacs goes to shit." - petonic@hal.com (Michael A. Petonic)