Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:44:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
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cc: opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:

> And what stops us from allocating some space before the root dir (which is
> *always* at the partition start) and put all the configs there - in linear
> way, sector by sector - config.sys first, others following (autoexec.bat may
> be stored the usual way. The config.sys in superblock would just install a
> driver for the root FS. The config would store entire allocation map of the
> device driver in logical HDD coords (as related to the partition in question)
> - clean and easy, isn't it? All the other drivers would be loaded from the
> "normal" config.sys

Someone! Go to sunsite.unc.edu FTP archive and scoop up the GRUB! (GRand
Unified Bootloader) It can boot Linux, all of the BSDs, DOS, NT, OS/2 and
is also the ONLY WAY (ok, only easy way) to boot the GNU HURD.

Pierre Phaneuf