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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14620 comp.os.386bsd.development:2406 comp.os.386bsd.questions:12508 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!resonex!michael From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan) Subject: Re: Report on SVNET: Bill Jolitz's Talk; Mind Overload. Message-ID: <1994Aug19.144437.26982@resonex.com> Organization: Resonex Holding Corporation, Fremont CA References: <jmonroyCuq5J1.Fy8@netcom.com> <MIB.94Aug18102735@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <Cur2uA.9EI@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:44:37 GMT Lines: 27 Dave Tweten <tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov> wrote: > >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. Isn't that special... Frankly, I'll take a boot floppy, thankyouverymuch. >Not quite as mysterious and awe inspiring as the first story I heard on >the net. Wasn't that from our dear friend J*s*s M*nr*y, who claimed to be privy to some of the deep dark secrets? Are you surprised? -- ____ Children of a future age ____ \ / Reading this indignant page \ / \/ Know that in a former time \/ Michael Bryan Love, sweet love, was thought a crime michael@resonex.com