Subject: Re: boot NetBSD from DOS
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/23/1997 07:41:29
Michael Richardson writes:
>   Okay, there are boot blocks to boot a NetBSD kernel from a DOS
> partition now.
>   Has someone built a DOS program to load a NetBSD kernel from a DOS
> partition? Or, just to load "/boot" from DOS?

There is a dos program called "dosboot" that gets built. Have a look.

I understand there are problems using it if you are running Win 95,
but there are patches in the -pr database to deal with that (which are
not yet integrated).

Perry