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- From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
- Subject: Re: 386BSD.EXE - Let DOS handle booting?
- Message-ID: <ellis.726873865@nova>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
- References: <C0q94w.48p@NeoSoft.com> <id.QJNW._89@ferranti.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:24:25 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
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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
- >--
- >Peter da Silva `-_-'
- >Ferranti International Controls Corporation 'U`
- >Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012 USA
- >+1 713 274 5180 "Zure otsoa besarkatu al duzu gaur?"
-
- But is MSDOS as powerful an OS as the forth boot monitor on a Sun SPARC?
-
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