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From: gab10@griffincd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: boot string; boot & root floppy set (was Re: Occasional system hangs)
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Date: 15 Dec 92 20:46:28 GMT
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In article <scott.724374170@pita.cns.ucla.edu>, scott@pita.cns.ucla.edu
(Scott Burris) writes:
> karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
>
> >Another useful thing would be to have a "boot and root" floppy set,
> where
> >booting would pull the kernel off of one floppy but then pause for
> you to
> >insert a second floppy with the "real" root filesystem on it. It
> would
> >free up about 400K on the floppy for more useful programs, if it
> wouldn't
> >be too hard to do.
>
> Julian's boot blocks can already prompt you to insert a new floppy
> after
> loading the kernel. There are a couple of changes I needed to make
> to
> get this to work -- something to do with the boot code not properly
> recognizing you are booting from floppy. I can post diffs if there's
> interest.
I would like to see them. Of course, you might want to send them to Julian
also.
--
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| great idea hits you, and just before you realize
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