Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 22 Jun 1996 07:46:16 -0700 (MST) | From | Bob Nielsen <> | Subject | Re: Boot Ideas, (Was Re:Boot messages.) |
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On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Jacob Praamsma wrote:
> Among the 350 or so e-mail messages I got today :< > Someone wrote me that I they had read that ms-dos (Win95) > stores it's boot screen in a file that's partially true! But the fact is, > they tricked you! > > What happens is that after MS-DOS finds the partitons and > mounts them (yes it does do that). It scans the root directory > of all assigned drives, aside from A: and B:, for a file called Logo.sys > this is a custom boot-image. However, if you format your hard drive > and leave nothing on it, then reboot your system. You'll find that Windows > still displays "Starting Windows 95" as a graphic! Hence it is inside IO.SYS > and since it is 39K or so that is why IO.SYS is 250K
Ah, this explains the %@&*! Windows 95 graphic which flashes when I start dosemu!
Bob
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