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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:8741 comp.unix.bsd:13884 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6161 comp.os.386bsd.development:2060 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5042 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!koriel!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!cronkite.Central.Sun.COM!newscan!newscan.canada!brian From: brian@canada.sun.com (Brian Onn - OpCom Staff) Subject: Re: [Announcement] 386BSD Release 1.0 In-Reply-To: robsch@robkaos.ping.de's message of Thu, 5 May 1994 18:08:30 GMT Message-ID: <BRIAN.94May6194752@ganglion.canada.sun.com> Sender: news@newscan.canada.sun.com Nntp-Posting-Host: ganglion Organization: Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc. References: <jmonroyCp6wpE.7yG@netcom.com> <2q63q2$927@dearg.cuillin.org.uk> <wright.86.000DC700@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <2qaeel$d5s@Germany.EU.net> <1994May5.180830.734@robkaos.ping.de> Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 23:47:52 GMT Lines: 18 In article <1994May5.180830.734@robkaos.ping.de> robsch@robkaos.ping.de (Robert Schien) writes: > Now it is possible that you add further options to the host adapter BIOS > which allows you to select the SCSI ID from which you want to boot. > Therefore you could boot from any SCSI device. Of course, it should > make sense: how dou you boot from a SCSI printer? :-) You're right, booting from a printer is silly. That's why I always use a SCSI scanner, instead. It's great... I can just handwrite any bootblock and OS I want. Of course, you can dump your OS to the printer, and then your friend can boot it with his scanner, too. Try it. cat /kernel/unix | lp Brian :-) -- Solaris 2 Developer Support Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada