Hi!
12-Сен-2004 12:41 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth J. Davis) wrote to
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KJD> So the options are:
KJD> 1) current
KJD> Cons: if one needs compatibility with other boot sectors or
KJD> has a buggy value passed to the boot sector, one must
KJD> explicitly provide the drive value to use (via sys /B #
KJD> or with a disk editor)
KJD> 2) Alternate
KJD> - the boot sector code has at a fixed location
KJD> useBIOSorNotFixedLocation:
KJD> mov [drive], dl
KJD> - SYS is then responsible for determining if BIOS provided value
KJD> is used
As I understand, there is not possible to determine, if BIOS is buggy
or conformant.
KJD> Cons: another position specific chunk of code in the boot code
Yes. And another stone on the way of optimization. Also, as
"kernel.sys" name at end of boot record requires additional code to reuse
it.
KJD> is moved to sys). Please indicate which choice you prefer, or if you
KJD> feel the alternate should be done a simpler method, please specify.
I prefer method 1 - it may troublesome on some buggy systems, but on
normal machines allows to be more flexible. For example, move bootable disk
from one machine to other.
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