----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Creating a boot diskette that does nothing but boot from hard disk
> Is it possible to create a boot diskette that does nothing more than > boot from a specific hard disk? How would I go about doing so? > > If I can't figure out why my system won't boot from the hard disk on its > own, I figure that perhaps I could create a diskette to pop into the > machine that would simple boot immediately from the hard disk. It > shouldn't require much code and should easily fit on a single diskette. > > The method I'm using at the moment of changing floppies for ten minutes > then entering the loader and changing parameters and booting is much too > awkward. > > -- > Anthony > > I now that there is a boot loader named fatload you can find it on http://www.vortex.prodigynet.co.uk/boot/index.html you can install it with dd. If that dont work you can write a program that loads a sector (boot sector) to your RAM memory and then jump there. Sounds simple but you musst not forget that you should switch to protected mode from real mode. But I think fatload will work just fine. Good luck! _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"