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Re: Suggestions and questions
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Gordon Matzigkeit |
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Re: Suggestions and questions |
Date: |
20 Apr 2001 10:41:46 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 |
>>>>> Bovy, Stephen writes:
BS> The old os/2 boot loader was designed very cleverly to utilize
BS> that "wasted" space. All config info was saved in the (1) meg
BS> mbr.
Grub does that, too. Just use the `setup (hd0)', and it'll
automatically find the best place to put auxilliary files. Oh, but it
doesn't yet support putting the configuration file there (unless you
do it manually, and specify a blocklist).
BS> I wish somebody would add usb/firewire boot support to somebodies
BS> boot loader, since obviously very few if any bios's will support
BS> it .....
Submit a patch, and it will happen. ;)
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