Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 21:18:50 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: hans@brandinnovators.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootloader & memory test... Message-ID: <32C4ADBA.41C67EA6@whistle.com> References: <199612280258.NAA00491@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith wrote: > > Julian Elischer stands accused of saying: > > > > The FreeBSD botblocks set themselves to be in a flat 32bit address > > space as well. They do use up more of the bottom 640K, > > (but you can control where they put themselves in ram at compile time) > > > > so it should be possible to add the function into one of the > > .s files > > I thought the bootblocks were fill'd to overflowing? > > Still, the bootblock in question is full of 'bde' comments. Is there > a bootloader _anywhere_ in the free Unix world that Bruce _hasn't_ been > involved in? 8) I was thinking more in line of cloning that code as a starting point fpr a stand-alone memory tester.. dd it to to a floppy and reboot for a test..:)
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