Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 16:07:00 -0700 (MST)
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
From: raster AT highfiber DOT com (Charles Dye)
Subject: LOADER.COM docs?
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Is there documentation for LOADER.COM available for download
somewhere?  I assume the intention is to add it to the DOSbook
info at some future date, but until then it would be polite to
include a LOADER.TXT or the like with OpenDOS.

Specifically, I'd like to know how to add a timeout value and
a nicer cosmetic name to the original boot sector.  The /? syntax
dump doesn't even mention the ability to start Win95 and MS/IBM
DOS after v3.3 (not surprising, I guess) or Linux (which is odd,
since Caldera does market at least one variant.)

Also, someone -- Sam, I think -- suggested that OpenDOS releases
should include a list of changes and bug fixes.  Costs nothing, and
Documentation Is Always Good (TM.)  I have an idea.  If the list
of bug fixes in each release also included the name of the first
person to describe each bug, then the act of discovering a problem
might seem less like a disappointment and more like a contest.
Something to consider.

raster AT highfiber DOT com