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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14827 comp.os.386bsd.development:2528 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2473 comp.os.386bsd.apps:1383 comp.os.386bsd.questions:12861 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3456 comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:12802 comp.os.linux.development:14549 comp.os.minix:24125 comp.os.mach:4168 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7041 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!wilbur.nas.nasa.gov!tweten From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) Subject: Re: Report on SVNET: Bill Jolitz's Talk; Mind Overload. Message-ID: <Cv23t5.4s0@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> Lines: 32 Sender: news@cnn.nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: wilbur.nas.nasa.gov Organization: NAS Systems Division, NASA Ames References: <Cur2uA.9EI@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> <CurvLE.9pA@pe1chl.ampr.org> <33flv2$49a@Germany.EU.net> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 20:34:16 GMT In article <33flv2$49a@Germany.EU.net> bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) writes: > In <Cur2uA.9EI@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) writes: > >The final revelation to me was how he planned for users to boot directly > >off the CD, with no need for a boot floppy. The actual scheme is: > > > 1. Have an Adaptec 154xy SCSI controler, for all values of x and y. > > Also have a Mitsumi CD drive. > > > 2. Boot DOS. > > > 3. Mount the CD under DOS and run a "boot 386BSD" program off the CD. > > >Not quite as mysterious and awe inspiring as the first story I heard on > >the net. > >How do I go about "mounting" the CD under DOS whe I haven't got any software >drivers for doing just that ? Okay, so I exercised a little literary license. "Mount the CD under DOS" really means, "Insert the CD into your drive". It does not mean "Use the DOS assign command" (the closest thing DOS has to a mount). Presumably, you do have a DOS ASPI CD driver. If not, you're out of luck. But, as many others have pointed out, why bother? You're not going to want to just run this thing anyway, when and if it shows up. This is software MAYBE to look at, DEFINITELY not to just run. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Tweten tweten@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 258-5 (415) 604-4416 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 FAX: (415) 604-4377