From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Mon, 10 Feb 1997 04:22:51 -0500 (EST)
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To:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>
cc:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	RE: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Weiqi Gao wrote:

> Nicholas R LeRoy <nleroy AT norland DOT com> wrote:
> 
> >                                               Seems *TOO* obvious to
> >me that that's what we really want.  Build the OpenDOS kernel such that
> >it understand command line options, etc. like the Linux kernel, and have
> >the lilo (odlo?) load the kernel from there.  The only thing we really
> >need that we don't have is a boot sector in the partition (you can't
> install
> >lilo on a FAT filesystem) -- obviously an EXT2 would work.
> 
> I'm of the opinion that we don't need YABL (Yet Another Boot Loader) for
> OpenDOS.  Grub does a just fine job booting MS-DOS, OpenDOS, Linux, and
> Windows 95.  If you don't know grub, it's basically lilo, but can be used
> without Linux.

Well, that explains why people WABL (Want another Boot Loader).
I haven't used GRUB, however I *have* used LILO and it is not
very friendly.  It would take no more than a couple hours of
programming to put an actual MENU into LILO.  Does GRUB have
this?  If not, then it won't be friendly enough for most DOS
users IMO. 

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