Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 23:38:34 -0800 (PST) From: Rik Schneider <rik@deranged.schneider.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: obrien@NUXI.com, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New drivers and install floppy space Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812052331510.13770-100000@susanna.deranged.schneider.org> In-Reply-To: <199812060720.XAA02870@dingo.cdrom.com>
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I hate to disgree, but, the boot image for an El Torito disk can be 2.88M. It must be exactly the same size as a 2.88M floppy and wil work only with bioses that support 2.88M floppies. This limitation is not that major as most current BIOSes support the 2.8 format. -- Rik Schneider Unix Systems Administrator Net Asset LLC 1315 Van Ness Ave Suite 103 Fresno CA 93721 (559) 490-4000 / rik@deranged.schneider.org | rik@netasset.com | wookie@smartasset.com \ On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > When a majority can no longer be thusly accommodated, we'll just shrug > > > and ditch it completely in favor of the 2(*)-floppy solution. > > > > It is not that bad. I'm doing more and more boot off the CDROM installs. > > I assume sysinstall + boot kernel can be quite large there. > > Is the boot kernel there a full GENERIC kernel? > > No. The way that bootable CDROMs work is that the BIOS pretends that a > 1.44MB region at the beginning of the CDROM is actually a 1.44MB floppy > disk. > > I wouldn't mind finding the asshole responsible for this fiasco and > doing something traumatic to their lower digestive tract with a > petrol-powered Weed Eater. > > The only ways out of this are: > > - mandate a floppy in addition to the CDROM (sucks) > - add CDROM drivers to the bootloader (ATAPI, SCSI for Adaptec and NCR > at least) > > Both of these are painful. > > -- > \\ 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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