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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ficc!peter
- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: 386BSD.EXE - Let DOS handle booting?
- Message-ID: <id.QJNW._89@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <C0q94w.48p@NeoSoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:25:20 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <C0q94w.48p@NeoSoft.com> karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
- > Hey, how about making the second stage boot, say Julian's loader, an
- > executable DOS program?
-
- This is what Plan 9 does. I was at first repelled and disgusted, but on
- reflection it sounds like a really nice idea. It would resolve the Compaq
- boot problem, it would resolve the problem of video boards that require
- magic DOS configuration programs, it would resolve the "how do I boot
- 386BSD on a second controller" problem, and so on.
-
- Plus, it'd make it easier to hack around with the boot sequence. You could
- build a new boot program without worrying about making your system non-
- bootable. You could give it arguments
-
- bootbsd boot-options where init-options
-
- bootbsd as1a:386bsd.old
- bootbsd -large wd0a
- bootbsd -debug fd0a
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