Subject: Re: Devices to boot from?
To: Stephen Borrill <netbsd@precedence.co.uk>
From: Jaromír <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/27/2001 08:21:22
Stephen Borrill wrote:
> What devices and/or filesystem types can the bootloader boot
> from? i.e. if I boot from floppy what devices can I enter besides wd* and
> hd*. For example, is it possible to boot from a MicroDrive or CompactFlash
> card?
Yes, it is. The card works just as ordinary IDE disk, so it appears
as a wd*.
Jaromir
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