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From: adam@veda.is (Adam David)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1 BETA boot.c problems
References: <CnGK53.39p@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <2nc845$8i9@Germany.EU.net>
Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 11:01:53 GMT
Message-ID: <CnMpBp.E3w@veda.is>
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bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) writes:

>Did you read the note that said "keep your fingers off the boot code in this
>release, it does not work; use the /usr/mdec binaries instead" ?

Actually it does work, but needs to be trimmed to fit within the 15-sector
limit, or compiled with a different version of the assembler so it fits in
the limit.

I understand there are some fixes in the pipeline due RSN. I can provide
diffs to the bootblocks which let them compile small enough. Mail me if
you want them.

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adam@veda.is