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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: peter@spinner.dialix.com.au, phk@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot Makefile
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>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/i386/boot/biosboot Makefile 
>>   Log:
>>   Oops, boot2 got too big.  make VESA_SUPPORT nondefault.
>
>Argh..  This really sucks.  We REALLY should go to a multi-stage boot 
>somehow.

Enlarging the existing boot would be much simpler.

New features are missing from cdboot, dosboot and netboot.

Bruce