Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:27:57 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Subject: Re: Discussion on the future of floppies in 5.x and 6.x Message-ID: <16397.65485.248197.944081@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <200401211033.54893.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200401082334.i08NYMx86020@thistle.bogs.org> <200401091404.34083.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <16397.14213.159522.188280@canoe.dclg.ca> <200401211033.54893.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes: Daniel> True.. Although I believe the loader could do it just as well Daniel> and it's already imported :) Daniel> (It uses the BIOS to read the kernel, and groks PXE, although Daniel> I am hazy on the specifics) I think the loader understands PXE well and understands certain BIOS things well. I mentioned FreeDOS since it would understand some CDROM nuances well. AFAIK, the loader understood CDROMs to the extent that they emulated a floppy of some sort. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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