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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: 386BSD.EXE - Let DOS handle booting?
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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 05:48:20 GMT
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>A DOS bootstrap application would be great, but beyond my capabilites

>I understand if some of you are replused by the though of having to go
>through DOS to load BSD. If you dont need DOS on your system, then

We could all benefit tremendously by implementing a DOS boostrap program for
instance we could initialize vga cards at boot time and let vga manufucturers
keep their propieratory way of programming their cards is just one of many
examples. If this idea seems "ugly", just ask anyone having to deal with
manufacturers who love to keep their hardware interface propieratory. In
the case of the vga, it was just the setting the dot clock, hence partial
initialization.

Hope this helps,
Amancio


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