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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 97 14:08:04 MST
Message-Id: <9701202108.AA20385@rgfn.epcc.Edu>
From: av568 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu (Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church)
To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] Re: OpenDOS to be released next week! (fwd)
Reply-To: av568 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu
Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net


>> > The sources on the other hand may be huge.  There are over 2900 files to
>> > the full tree.
>> 
>> Holy cow!
>
>Hehe.  That's not even including the tools directory with the stuff needed
>to build it in its current form.  That's another 2700 files. *grin*

Hmmm... I sense that I will soon have a free space crisis... :)

>> Well, if OpenDOS EMM386 is better than QEMM then I'd either have to
>> change my CONFIG.SYS (DOS 6.22 multiconfig) into irish stew, or else
>> I'd have to be able to let OpenDOS use a different file such as
>> CONFIG.OPD or something.  If OpenDOS doesn't let me do that, then I'll...
>> I'll..., I'll download the source code and change CONFIG.SYS to whatever I
>> want!!!!!!!!!!  OH YES, THIS WILL BE GOOD!!!!!

I'll definetly have to make some sort of patch like this... at last 
count, my CONFIG.SYS had 12 different configurations... :)

>> Can you suggest a good free one that is text menu based like the MSDOS
>> multiconfig?  I hate LILO very much.
>
>Not really.  I don't use them.

I'm playing around with GRUB right now (http://www.uruk.org/grub) trying 
to get satisfactory DOS (and hopefully, therefore, OpenDOS) bootups. If 
(when) I get it right, I'll post instructions here.


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