[openbeos] Re: x86 boot loader milestone
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:02:30 +0200 CEST
"Commander Sozo" <CommdrSozo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Will this bootloader be able to reside on a different drive than the
> OS
> installation? To clarify, I am working on booting BeOS from a
> compact
> flash card, then transferring control to the installation on the hard
> drive once everything is booted. Would doing this sort of thing
> require changes to the bootloader? (I apologize if this seems like a
> dumb\obvious question, I have mainly been working on the hardware
> side)
That's a completely different issue. Of course, you can boot the OS
from a compact flash card (as long as the BIOS supports that) - but to
transfer control to another installation on disk would mean to remount
the boot device, and I don't think this will be easily possible (it's
impossible in BeOS).
What is this needed for anyway?
Bye,
Axel.
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