NetBSD/sys/arch/i386/stand
drochner cc7a41e5d2 Weaken the restrictions on the device file name a bit: /boot can
now be installed on any partition.
Allow PRIM_LOADSZ to be set in the Makefile.
This together allows to make bootable 720k floppys.
closes PR port-i386/3751
1997-06-19 11:46:44 +00:00
..
biosboot Weaken the restrictions on the device file name a bit: /boot can 1997-06-19 11:46:44 +00:00
dosboot Allow to boot from DOS if a XMS manager is installed. 1997-06-13 17:49:22 +00:00
genprom Purely cosmetic whitespace/indentation changes (mmm, indent(1)) 1997-03-22 09:03:29 +00:00
installboot Weaken the restrictions on the device file name a bit: /boot can 1997-06-19 11:46:44 +00:00
lib Weaken the restrictions on the device file name a bit: /boot can 1997-06-19 11:46:44 +00:00
libsa Remove strerror() prototype, it goes into stand.h. 1997-06-13 13:48:47 +00:00
netboot The socket descriptor can only be used by one connection at a time. 1997-06-13 13:28:19 +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 Allow to boot from DOS if a XMS manager is installed. 1997-06-13 17:49:22 +00:00
README Initial import of new boot code, created by Matthias Drochner with a 1997-03-14 02:40:29 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.1.1.1 1997/03/14 02:40:29 perry Exp $

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

libsa-based bootcode for i386
should work with -current libsa (I used 97/02/06.)

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:
  mount /dev/XdNa /somewhere
  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 can be above

Please report all errors!

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