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From: blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn)
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Subject: Re: Report on SVNET: Bill Jolitz's Talk; Mind Overload.
Date: 05 Sep 1994 04:56:38 GMT
Organization: AWA Defence Industries
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Message-ID: <BLYMN.94Sep5142638@mallee.awadi.com.au>
References: <Cur2uA.9EI@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> <CurvLE.9pA@pe1chl.ampr.org>
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In-reply-to: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov's message of Wed, 24 Aug 1994 20:34:16 GMT
>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Tweten <tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov> writes:
In article <Cv23t5.4s0@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) writes:
Dave> In article <33flv2$49a@Germany.EU.net> bs@Germany.EU.net
Dave> (Bernard Steiner) writes:
>> In <Cur2uA.9EI@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov
>> (Dave Tweten) writes: >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.
>>
>> >Not quite as mysterious and awe inspiring as the first story I
>> heard on >the net.
>>
>> How do I go about "mounting" the CD under DOS whe I haven't got
>> any software drivers for doing just that ?
Dave> Okay, so I exercised a little literary license. "Mount the
Dave> CD under DOS" really means, "Insert the CD into your drive".
Dave> It does not mean "Use the DOS assign command" (the closest
Dave> thing DOS has to a mount). Presumably, you do have a DOS
Dave> ASPI CD driver. If not, you're out of luck.
Presumably you have DOS.... When I bought my PC I was given the option
to pay for DOS - I said "No!" :-) Leaves me in a bit of a bind,
assuming I wanted to run 386BSD 1.0 that is.
--
Brett Lymn