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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!inferno.mpx.com.au!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!godzilla.zeta.org.au!not-for-mail From: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Moving from Linux ---> FreeBSD Date: 26 May 1995 10:31:07 +1000 Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney - +61-2-837-1183, v.32bis v.42bis Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3q37gb$d31@godzilla.zeta.org.au> References: <D91FLv.8qD@ritz.mordor.com> <3pumfv$7ph@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <3pupl3$cq9@agate.berkeley.edu> <3q0jnq$7t9@huxley.anu.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.zeta.org.au In article <3q0jnq$7t9@huxley.anu.edu.au>, Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@huxley.anu.edu.au> wrote: >jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: > >>In article <3pumfv$7ph@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, >>Tim Smith <tzs@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>>Suggestion: it would be real nice if FreeBSD had something like Linux's >>>LOADLIN. For those who haven't seen it, LOADLIN is a DOS program that >>>knows how to turn off your extended memory manager and load a Linux kernel. > >>We do. It's called "DOSBOOT", and you'll be seeing it in action soon >>on the next CDROM! > >Bad name. People will think that it allows you to boot DOS from FreeBSD. :-) >How'bout bsdboot? It is already called fbsdboot.exe, although the sources are in the dosboot directory. There are also source directories biosboot and netboot. These don't boot the BIOS and NetWare :-). The point of fbsdboot is to allow booting using DOS drivers for devices that aren't supported by the BIOS. -- Bruce Evans bde@zeta.org.au