Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:43:05 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Christopher Hall <hsw@acm.org> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot0, was /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <199811260443.UAA00358@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 26 Nov 1998 10:25:33 %2B0800." <199811260225.KAA21774@hsw.generalresources.com>
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> > In message <199811251047.MAA15178@ceia.nordier.com>, Robert Nordier writes: > >Christopher Hall wrote: > > > >> Another question: Is there any way to boot DOS from /boot/loader? > >> Perhaps using some Forth code? > > > >I'm curious why you should want to do this (ie. rather than use a > >partition manager such as boot0/booteasy or some free or commercial > >alternative). > > I simply wanted to take an already installed/working FreeBSD system on > a single IDE disk. (only has has one FreeBSD partition, no space left > to install bootmanager partitions). Take it to a clients site - they > have one pc with Win95 installed (disk is almost full). I would move > the Win95 to slave, put the FreeBSD as master and still allow booting > back into Win95. Some bootmanagers don't require extra partitions (boot0, booteasy, OS-BS, etc.) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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