>>>>> 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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