NetBSD/sys/arch/i386/stand
1998-09-05 15:15:14 +00:00
..
biosboot Make serial line debugging easier to enable and use 1998-08-13 17:41:10 +00:00
dosboot bump version number to reflect the partition ID change 1998-07-08 17:46:21 +00:00
genprom Make "genprom" work in objdir. 1997-08-20 16:53:30 +00:00
installboot Fix incomplete variable renaming in the last commit. 1998-09-02 08:24:51 +00:00
lib distclean is a synonym for cleandir 1998-09-05 15:15:14 +00:00
libsa misc improvements: 1998-05-14 18:26:47 +00:00
netboot allow to use from user space test programs 1998-05-14 18:17:44 +00:00
Makefile Ressurect (not quite, since this is in fact the new boot code Makefile 1997-03-14 02:54:14 +00:00
Makefile.booters add dependency to get the version number right 1998-07-08 17:47:42 +00:00
newvers.sh New welcome banner code, modeled after NetBSD/hp300's boot program 1997-07-26 01:50:36 +00:00
README minor corrections 1998-05-14 18:34:11 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.2 1998/05/14 18:34:11 drochner Exp $

[This is Matthias Drochner's original README, very lightly edited.]

contents:
./libsa: additions to sys/lib/libsa, not i386 specific
./lib: i386 specific parts
./lib/netif: driver for ethernet adapters
./biosboot: boot sector for hd / fd
./installboot: program to install boot sector
./dosboot: DOS program to boot from DOS or UFS drives
./netboot: ROM image for diskless boot
./genprom: program to create ROM image

to build:
make, hopefully
perhaps adjust "S" to location of kernel sources

notes:
-to install bootsect:
  installboot biosboot.sym /dev/rXdNa
-netboot ethernet cards:
  select with USE_NETIF
  for wd80x3, BASEREG and BASEMEM must be set properly
  for pcnet_isapnp, ISAPNPID must be set properly
-text+data+bss+stack <= 64k, heap is above

Please report all errors!

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