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From: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Moving from Linux ---> FreeBSD
Date: 26 May 1995 10:31:07 +1000
Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney - +61-2-837-1183, v.32bis v.42bis
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In article <3q0jnq$7t9@huxley.anu.edu.au>,
Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@huxley.anu.edu.au> wrote:
>jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>
>>In article <3pumfv$7ph@nntp5.u.washington.edu>,
>>Tim Smith <tzs@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>>>Suggestion: it would be real nice if FreeBSD had something like Linux's
>>>LOADLIN.  For those who haven't seen it,  LOADLIN is a DOS program that
>>>knows how to turn off your extended memory manager and load a Linux kernel.
>
>>We do.  It's called "DOSBOOT", and you'll be seeing it in action soon
>>on the next CDROM!
>
>Bad name. People will think that it allows you to boot DOS from FreeBSD. :-)
>How'bout bsdboot?

It is already called fbsdboot.exe, although the sources are in the dosboot
directory.  There are also source directories biosboot and netboot.  These
don't boot the BIOS and NetWare :-).

The point of fbsdboot is to allow booting using DOS drivers for devices
that aren't supported by the BIOS.
-- 
Bruce Evans  bde@zeta.org.au