Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:33:49 +0900 (JST) From: Toshihiko ARAI <toshi@jp.FreeBSD.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: kehl@f2s.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to boot FreeBSD from DOS? Message-ID: <200109141533.f8EFXna33291.toshi@jp.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20010913220403.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <1000382471.3ba0a007838ff@www.freedom2surf.net> <XFMail.20010913220403.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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+ <XFMail.20010913220403.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On 13-Sep-2001 kehl@f2s.com wrote: >> I've got notebook with not working floppy and it cannot boot from PCMCIA. >> How >> can I boot FreeBSD 4.0 (not PAO) from DOS (then I use PLIP)? >> >> fbsdboot.exe wrote "Invalid format!" >> bsdboot.com loaded kernel, than hanged up. >> >> How to do it correctly and to specify MFS root file? > It is no longer (post FreeBSD 2.2) to do this because fbsdboot.exe doesn't > understand elf kernels. Even if it did Windows screws certain BIOS vectors that > FreeBSD needs to work (AFAIK). bsdboot.com(*1) supports elf kernel. The kernel of boot.flp before a little was usable at least (Probably it was FreeBSD 4.2). However, a kind of machine may not be usable. *1 http://www.nurs.or.jp/~kurati/bsd/index-en.html -- Toshihiko ARAI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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