Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 09:39:31 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Mike Bristow <mike@urgle.com> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels Message-ID: <200001121739.JAA02551@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:07:04 GMT." <20000112170704.A5073@lindt.urgle.com>
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> I still maintain that the /right/ solution is for the BIOS to have > a ``while booting shovel data out COM1 and accept data from COM1 as if > it were my keyboard'' option. > > I've seen them on (I think) NCR boxes. Intel do this on their server boxes, to the extent that if you have a colour ANSI terminal you can run fullscreen expansion BIOS tools like eg. Adaptec's. I'm reasonably sure that it's just an extra-price option from the major BIOS vendors. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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