Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Kernels > 1M | Date | Mon, 09 Aug 1999 11:48:10 +0100 | From | Philip Blundell <> |
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>Well, it does: it adds complexity in that yet another boot loader >needs to be maintained for merely the occational use. Furthermore, it >is a very problematic such, since figuring out the geometry of a >floppy from the BIOS is impossible, and there is no installer program >to tell us, we have to guess.
Clearly though the loader that we have at the moment can figure out the geometry well enough for its purposes. I don't see why that shouldn't go on working if it's just left alone.
p.
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