Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 14:39:32 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Damien Tougas <damien@tougas.net> Subject: Re: A question about kernel modules Message-ID: <XFMail.20030307143932.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3E68F2B2.43FB7053@mindspring.com>
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On 07-Mar-2003 Terry Lambert wrote: > The GENERIC kernel is loaded from a CDROM controller BIOS faked-up > floppy drive, which is how CDROMs are able to boot. Even if all > other issues were resolved, this floppy image would be unable to > contain all the necessary modules. For the modules to be read off > the CDROM or other boot media, all the code in the module loading > path would have to be statically present (ISO9660 FS, ATA and SCSI > drivers, CDROM driver, etc., etc.). By including all the drivers > in the GENERIC kernel, it makes it much more likely that you will > b able to actually install FreeBSD in the first place. FreeBSD hasn't used the floppy-emulation mode of CD booting since 4.6. See /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/cdboot/cdboot.s and an El Torito standard for more details. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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