From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 2 16:30:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA05034 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 May 1996 16:30:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA05023 for ; Thu, 2 May 1996 16:30:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA01248; Fri, 3 May 1996 09:02:13 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605022332.JAA01248@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: simple install questions To: jimd@mistery.mcafee.com (Jim Dennis) Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 09:02:12 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, craigh@bugsoft.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605022207.PAA02548@mistery.mcafee.com> from "Jim Dennis" at May 2, 96 03:07:49 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jim Dennis stands accused of saying: > > > > Why bother when FBSDBOOT is on the CDrom and the FTP sites? It does > > basically the same thing, and suffers from the same problems with > > memory managers 8( > > What problems? > > LOADLIN works with EMM386 and QEMM (and claims VCPI compatibility). > It also works as a SHELL= directive in your CONFIG.SYS (handy with > the various DOS multi-boot, interactive CONFIG.SYS packages -- like > the ones in DOS 6.x and later). Ah. Pleasant news - the last LOADLIN I'd had anything to do with was a while back, and someone told me the developer had given up on it. If this is the case, them the FBSDBOOT author should be stealing techniques to deal with memory managers from it 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[