In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Terry Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Daniel O'Connor wrote: : > On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 11:45, Terry Lambert wrote: : > > Anything in the boot path needs to be static, by definition, : > > or you face the Catch-22 of needing to load the driver in : > > order to be able to load the driver. : > : > Uhh, not really. : > If your BIOS supports it (which it must for you to boot off it) then the : > loader can load any extra modules you need. : > : > If your argument was true then the kernel would need to load itself :) : : Think "CDROM install".
Dude, what crack are you smoking? How many times to we have to tell you. We have a boot loader that knows how to read the kernel from the cdrom or scsi or whatever. IT is a tiny increment to also load additional modules at that time that support those devices. What's the real issue? Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
