[openbeos] Re: grub, dpkg, lilo, fdisk [very OT]

Just as sugestion, but the kernel team could turn it into multiboot
compliant if it's possible. It would simplify so much lives... =)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred K Ollinger" <follinge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:29 PM
Subject: [openbeos] grub, dpkg, lilo, fdisk [very OT]


> > programs in /bin that need to be implemented here:
> > http://clapcrest.free.fr/revol/beos/openbeos_bin_commands.html
>
> I thought of a few other packages which would be good to port. I started
> on lilo, but it was really hard b/c of linux deps. Did anyone get any cli
> only boot loader ported?
>
> I'll have to physically take apart my computer to reinstall beos unless I
> can get a cli boot loader. Long story. Basically, I'm trying to boot a
> floppy disk image from hard drive. Why? No cdrom and no floppy. I hosed
> system doing bad things we were talking about on the boot script thread.
> Dumb of me.
>
> Anyway, if someone can help me get my be box back up, please help and I'll
> continue my job of porting geeky stuff. I have an openbsd partition that
> works for now that I'm trying to use to repair this.
>
> Thanks so much in advance. I'm thinking, now of hosing the beos partition
> and dding a floppy image there, then rebooting and selecting that
> partition from bootman. Would this work?
>
> If I can get this up, I'll write a wacky howto on how to rescue your
> computer w/o any extern booting media.
>
> The people who are coding are awesome and very good people. They have
> given me many cool things to entertain me, like the obos mounting disk
> images. If this rescue disk is easy, I can make a real bleeding edge
> system w/ no fear.
>
> Fred
>
>
>

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