Re: [patch] teach the bootloader minor amd64 knowledge

2010-03-22 Thread Alexander Best
nd amd64 are sharing the same bootcode the > > > > bootloader > > > > gets named > > > > "FreeBSD/i386" on amd64 too. the following patch is a cosmetic > > > > change to > > > have > > > > the bootloader identify itself as "Free

Re: [patch] teach the bootloader minor amd64 knowledge

2010-03-22 Thread John Baldwin
On Monday 22 March 2010 11:20:10 am Alexander Best wrote: > John Baldwin schrieb am 2010-03-22: > > On Monday 22 March 2010 9:50:05 am Alexander Best wrote: > > > hi there, > > > > since i386 and amd64 are sharing the same bootcode the bootloader > > > gets

Re: [patch] teach the bootloader minor amd64 knowledge

2010-03-22 Thread Alexander Best
John Baldwin schrieb am 2010-03-22: > On Monday 22 March 2010 9:50:05 am Alexander Best wrote: > > hi there, > > since i386 and amd64 are sharing the same bootcode the bootloader > > gets named > > "FreeBSD/i386" on amd64 too. the following patch is a

Re: [patch] teach the bootloader minor amd64 knowledge

2010-03-22 Thread John Baldwin
On Monday 22 March 2010 9:50:05 am Alexander Best wrote: > hi there, > > since i386 and amd64 are sharing the same bootcode the bootloader gets named > "FreeBSD/i386" on amd64 too. the following patch is a cosmetic change to have > the bootloader identify itself as

[patch] teach the bootloader minor amd64 knowledge

2010-03-22 Thread Alexander Best
hi there, since i386 and amd64 are sharing the same bootcode the bootloader gets named "FreeBSD/i386" on amd64 too. the following patch is a cosmetic change to have the bootloader identify itself as "FreeBSD/amd64" on amd64. any thoughts on this one? -- Alexander Best

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-28 Thread Tim Clewlow
--- Thomas Sparrevohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 28 June 2007 14:44:05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > --- Thomas Sparrevohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > ... > > > > > > > > I have Vista Home edition ruinning any FreeBSD without any problems and > > > without having to d

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-28 Thread Thomas Sparrevohn
On Thursday 28 June 2007 14:44:05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- Thomas Sparrevohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > ... > > > > > I have Vista Home edition ruinning any FreeBSD without any problems and > > without having to do anything special - That is on CURRENT > > > > > Hmm... > > In

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-28 Thread pfgshield-freebsd
--- Thomas Sparrevohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: ... > > I have Vista Home edition ruinning any FreeBSD without any problems and > without having to do anything special - That is on CURRENT > > Hmm... Installation order is important, perhaps you already had FreeBSD before installing Vi

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-28 Thread Thomas Sparrevohn
On Thursday 28 June 2007 11:33:39 Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > I have Vista Home edition ruinning any FreeBSD without any problems and > > without having to do anything special - That is on CURRENT > > ruinning: No such word > ruining: Wrecking, destroying > running: Working accepta

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-28 Thread Darren Pilgrim
Ivan Voras wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, if you just got your new computer with Windows Vista installed and were hoping to dual boot FreeBSD on it, let me tell you that FreeBSD's bootloader will screw things up. vista doesn't like: >> - bootloaders different than

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-28 Thread Julian H. Stacey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi; > > FWIW, if you just got your new computer with Windows Vista installed and were > hoping to dual boot FreeBSD on it, let me tell you that FreeBSD's bootloader > will screw things up. > > Microsoft basically declared the war on alterna

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-28 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> I have Vista Home edition ruinning any FreeBSD without any problems and > without having to do anything special - That is on CURRENT ruinning: No such word ruining:Wrecking, destroying running:Working acceptably - I guess you probably mean this ? -- Julian Stacey.

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-28 Thread Thomas Sparrevohn
On Thursday 28 June 2007 03:08:34 Garrett Cooper wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi; > > > > FWIW, if you just got your new computer with Windows Vista installed and > > were > > hoping to dual boot FreeBSD on it, let me tell you that FreeBSD'

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-27 Thread Ivan Voras
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi; > > > > FWIW, if you just got your new computer with Windows Vista installed and were > > hoping to dual boot FreeBSD on it, let me tell you that FreeBSD's bootloader > > will screw things up. > > > > Microsoft basi

Re: MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-27 Thread Garrett Cooper
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi; FWIW, if you just got your new computer with Windows Vista installed and were hoping to dual boot FreeBSD on it, let me tell you that FreeBSD's bootloader will screw things up. Microsoft basically declared the war on alternative OSs so it seems vista doesn&#

MS Vista vs FreeBSD's bootloader

2007-06-27 Thread pfgshield-freebsd
Hi; FWIW, if you just got your new computer with Windows Vista installed and were hoping to dual boot FreeBSD on it, let me tell you that FreeBSD's bootloader will screw things up. Microsoft basically declared the war on alternative OSs so it seems vista doesn't like: - bootloaders

Re: bootloader....

1999-08-05 Thread papowell
> From owner-freebsd-sm...@freebsd.org Fri Jul 30 10:45:10 1999 > From: "Nielsen, Roy S" > To: "'freebsd-sm...@freebsd.org'" , > "'freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org'" > Subject: bootloader > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:44

Re: bootloader....

1999-08-05 Thread papowell
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jul 30 10:45:10 1999 > From: "Nielsen, Roy S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: bootloa

Re: bootloader....

1999-07-31 Thread Robert Nordier
[Cross-posted: replying to -hackers] > I'm looking at booting(embedded devices) and I've been looking at lilo boot > loader code and booteasy bootloader code... > > does anyone know of any documentation that anyone out there has done on this > topic? -- more specific

Re: bootloader....

1999-07-31 Thread Robert Nordier
[Cross-posted: replying to -hackers] > I'm looking at booting(embedded devices) and I've been looking at lilo boot > loader code and booteasy bootloader code... > > does anyone know of any documentation that anyone out there has done on this > topic? -- more specific

bootloader....

1999-07-30 Thread Nielsen, Roy S
I'm looking at booting(embedded devices) and I've been looking at lilo boot loader code and booteasy bootloader code... does anyone know of any documentation that anyone out there has done on this topic? -- more specifically without bios calls/support? I've seen the booteas

bootloader....

1999-07-30 Thread Nielsen, Roy S
I'm looking at booting(embedded devices) and I've been looking at lilo boot loader code and booteasy bootloader code... does anyone know of any documentation that anyone out there has done on this topic? -- more specifically without bios calls/support? I've seen the booteas