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From: pc123@cus.cam.ac.uk (Pete Chown)
Subject: Re: 386BSD.EXE - Let DOS handle booting?
In-Reply-To: hasty@netcom.com's message of 30 Jan 93 23:58:14 GMT
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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 19:30:49 GMT
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In article <1993Jan30.235814.11944@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
Have you ever heard of an option? [ to boot 386BSD from DOS ]
Let's make this VERY clear: There are many hardware manufacturers who
love to keep their hardware/software interfaces secret
[ ... ]
So for the folks who have common sense, lets just do it. [ add the
option ]
Go and write it then. But remember, 386BSD is supposed to be a free
operating system. If it depends on a bootstrap loader that costs
money, then it will not be. And it will depend on it if you can't
otherwise run your hardware properly.
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