Minor doc fixes and packaging cleanups.
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1999-03-01 Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@trick.fig.org>
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* debian/rules (binary-arch): Remove empty /sbin directory until
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/sbin/grub is installed. Use $(DESTDIR) instead of $(prefix) to
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install files.
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* shared_src/asm.S (version_string): Set the version string from
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the VERSION specified in configure.in.
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241
NEWS
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NEWS
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NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GRUB
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New in 0.5.90 - FIXME, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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New in 0.5.90 - 1999-03-01, Gordon Matzigkeit:
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* Bug fixes.
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* GRUB understands symlinks on ext2fs (but not ffs).
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* GRUB understands symlinks on ext2fs (but still not ffs).
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* Many source code and build cleanups to comply with GNU standards.
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Version 0.5:
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New in 0.5 - 1998-08-20, Erich Boleyn:
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- Improved error messages in the stage1 to be strings (easier
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to read than the previous case of single characters), and
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removed any display in the case of no error (less confusing).
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* Improved error messages in the stage1 to be strings (easier to read
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than the previous case of single characters), and removed any
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display in the case of no error (less confusing).
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- New document describing error conditions and messages.
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* New document describing error conditions and messages.
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- Improved configure/build process.
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* Improved configure/build process.
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- Made the early bootup interrupt-safe. Wasn't doing cli/sti when
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* Made the early bootup interrupt-safe. Wasn't doing cli/sti when
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necessary sometimes.
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- It now shuts off the floppy before transferring control to any other
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programs/modules/loaders. (chain-loading doesn't matter here,
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* GRUB now shuts off the floppy before transferring control to any
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other programs/modules/loaders. (chain-loading doesn't matter here,
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just loading 32-bit modules/kernels)
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- Fixed a few stupid bugs, including a several in the ext2fs code.
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* Fixed a few stupid bugs, including a several in the ext2fs code.
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- Linux boot format support extended from just "zImage" to include
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* Linux boot format support extended from just "zImage" to include
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"bzImage" and initial ramdisk (also called "initrd") support for
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both. "initrd" support is untested, but the critical parts were
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taken from a supplied patch and seem OK.
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- Several new command features. See the command-listing for details.
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* Several new command features. See the command-listing for details.
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Version 0.4:
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New in 0.4 - 1998-03-19, Erich Boleyn:
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- GRUB now correctly points ES:SI at a partition descriptor when
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* GRUB now correctly points ES:SI at a partition descriptor when
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chain-loading.
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- Many minor bugs fixed (some in the build scripts).
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* Many minor bugs fixed (some in the build scripts).
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- Intel MPS 1.4 config/check code is totally new, and the "syscmd="
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* Intel MPS 1.4 config/check code is totally new, and the "syscmd="
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command is completely removed. Check command-listing for details.
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Version 0.4-pre -- (pre-release for public testing):
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Version 0.4-pre, Erich Boleyn:
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- Reorganized docs, moved most "NOTE" items to a FAQ (with new
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entries as well).
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* Reorganized docs, moved most "NOTE" items to a FAQ (with new entries
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as well).
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- Now supports automatic decompression of any files loaded via the
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* Now supports automatic decompression of any files loaded via the
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GRUB stage2 filesystem code. Simply compress the file using GNU
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gzip normally, then when loading, the GRUB internals will see the
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contents in the decompressed state... i.e. all GRUB functions operate
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normally as if it is the uncompressed file. An extra version of the
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"module" loading function has been added which disables this
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functionality if desired (in all the other cases, not decompressing
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doesn't make sense).
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contents in the decompressed state... i.e. all GRUB functions
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operate normally as if it is the uncompressed file. An extra
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version of the "module" loading function has been added which
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disables this functionality if desired (in all the other cases, not
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decompressing doesn't make sense).
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- Changed device strings used in filesystem code to more logical
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* Changed device strings used in filesystem code to more logical
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format. Added "relative" disk and partition capability, see
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command-listing and filesystem syntax description for details.
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- "install=" command vastly improved. Also moved to non-debug area.
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* "install=" command vastly improved. Also moved to non-debug area.
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Check command-listing and install documentation for details.
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- Added several new commands: "rootnoverify=", "uppermem=", and a
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new debug command "displaymem". Check command-listing for details.
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* Added several new commands: "rootnoverify=", "uppermem=", and a new
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debug command "displaymem". Check command-listing for details.
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- Added versioning numbers (and subsequently broke compatibility with
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* Added versioning numbers (and subsequently broke compatibility with
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some of the previous code, so GRUB should be re-installed!).
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- Added unattended booting support via new "fallback=" command.
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* Added unattended booting support via new "fallback=" command.
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- During debug probe of SMP configuration table compatible with Intel
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* During debug probe of SMP configuration table compatible with Intel
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MPS 1.4 standard, GRUB now checks for a pointer in the EBDA.
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- Using a "default=" entry greater than 11 caused the UI to do funny
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* Using a "default=" entry greater than 11 caused the UI to do funny
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things (it didn't pre-scroll the list to the appropriate place).
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- Reading files on FAT floppies had yet more problems related by many
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* Reading files on FAT floppies had yet more problems related by many
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users of version 0.3 6/17/96. Again, all known problems fixed.
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- "Extended" partitions now work (still cannot make an extended partition
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active with "makeactive" command).
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* "Extended" partitions now work (still cannot make an extended
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partition active with "makeactive" command).
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- The build environment is greatly simplified, now using an autoconf-like
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"configure" script.
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* The build environment is greatly simplified, now using an
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autoconf-like "configure" script.
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Version 0.3 dated 6/17/96 -- public "beta" release:
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New in 0.3-19960617 - 1996-06-17, Erich Boleyn:
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- Yet more documentation improvements.
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* Yet more documentation improvements.
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- Known bugs in floppy operation fixed (12-bit FAT didn't work for most
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cases, and inserting other floppies didn't flush the filesystem cache).
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* Known bugs in floppy operation fixed (12-bit FAT didn't work for
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most cases, and inserting other floppies didn't flush the filesystem
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cache).
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- NASTY uninitialized pointer bug causing "raw" floppy operation to crash
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on several PCs is now fixed. This seems to have been the root cause of
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all of the compatibility problems that have currently been observed.
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* NASTY uninitialized pointer bug causing "raw" floppy operation to
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crash on several PCs is now fixed. This seems to have been the root
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cause of all of the compatibility problems that have currently been
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observed.
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- debug-mode command added to automate most difficult step of installation
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for common cases (new install method #4).
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* debug-mode command added to automate most difficult step of
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installation for common cases (new install method #4).
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- Testing "mini-debugger" now merged with command-line when "DEBUG"
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* Testing "mini-debugger" now merged with command-line when "DEBUG"
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defined in compile (no SYSDEBUG option anymore). See description of
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commands in the command-line for details.
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Version 0.3 dated 6/2/96 -- first public "alpha" release:
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New in 0.3-19960602 - 1996-06-02, Erich Boleyn:
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- Completed initial licenses.
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* Completed initial licenses.
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- Initial filesystem documentation written.
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* Initial filesystem documentation written.
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- Block-list and FAT filesystems now work as documented (in particular,
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for the blocklist filesystem, shortcuts like "+1" for "0+1,512" now
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work correctly).
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* Block-list and FAT filesystems now work as documented (in
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particular, for the blocklist filesystem, shortcuts like "+1" for
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"0+1,512" now work correctly).
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- Fixed several problems (old and new) in the various filesystems
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(for example, the ext2fs filesystem code is now much faster, as it
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caches some mapping blocks where it didn't at all before). Filesystem
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* Fixed several problems (old and new) in the various filesystems (for
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example, the ext2fs filesystem code is now much faster, as it caches
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some mapping blocks where it didn't at all before). Filesystem
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semantics are much more uniform as well (symbolic links and reading
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a directory as a file now return errors where it would silently fail
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before).
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- "makeactive" now works for standard PC partitions on hard disks (not
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* "makeactive" now works for standard PC partitions on hard disks (not
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extended partitions... so any PC partition number above 3 will give
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a "no such partition" error). If a BSD sub-partition is is used, it
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will ignore it, and only use the primary PC partition number.
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Version 0.3 dated 5/20/96:
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New in 0.3-19960520 - 1996-05-20, Erich Boleyn:
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- Updated instructions (though still very sparse).
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* Updated instructions (though still very sparse).
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- New floppy probe (works much like the Linux floppy boot probe) attempts
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to find the size of a floppy in a drive. Might still need work! Please
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try on various floppy drives with various media!
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* New floppy probe (works much like the Linux floppy boot probe)
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attempts to find the size of a floppy in a drive. Might still need
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work! Please try on various floppy drives with various media!
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- New floppy handler will claim a non-existent drive if the floppy disk
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isn't present in the drive. (for example, it won't be on the list of
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installed drives unless a floppy is present)
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* New floppy handler will claim a non-existent drive if the floppy
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disk isn't present in the drive. (for example, it won't be on the
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list of installed drives unless a floppy is present)
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- Stage1 now compatible with both a hard disk MBR and the DOS BIOS
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parameter block (see "install/README" for more details on how this can
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be used).
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* Stage1 now compatible with both a hard disk MBR and the DOS BIOS
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parameter block (see "install/README" for more details on how this
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can be used).
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- Block-list filesystem partially works, as described in the file "NOTES".
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Loading an a.out or elf kernel won't work with it, but all other filetypes
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pretty much should. (certainly chain-loading works OK) NOTE:
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you must use the full format "0+1,512" for just he first block... no
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parameters can be implicit in this version.. THis is being fixed too.
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* Block-list filesystem partially works, as described in the file
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"NOTES". Loading an a.out or elf kernel won't work with it, but all
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other filetypes pretty much should. (certainly chain-loading works
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OK)
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- Linux ext2 filesystem works. (it's very slow for big files, but this
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is being fixed)
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NOTE: you must use the full format "0+1,512" for just he first
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block... no parameters can be implicit in this version.. THis is
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being fixed too.
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- Linux boot type now supported. Use a standard piggybacked image as
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with LILO. Put in hack to support >64MB via GRUB placing the RAM size
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as the first item on the command-line automatically. Must pass root
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partition on command-line using normal Linux syntax... if not, it uses
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it's builtin root partition.
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* Linux ext2 filesystem works. (it's very slow for big files, but
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this is being fixed)
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- Supports chain-loading. For details, see "COMMANDS" and the examples
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directory. (was able to boot DOS and Windows NT on my test box). NOTE
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that the "root partition" must be set to work right. "makeactive"
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is currently a no-op.
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* Linux boot type now supported. Use a standard piggybacked image as
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with LILO. Put in hack to support >64MB via GRUB placing the RAM
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size as the first item on the command-line automatically. Must pass
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root partition on command-line using normal Linux syntax... if not,
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it uses it's builtin root partition.
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- Several weird bugs fixed. One important note: If you recompile,
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it will warn about a clash with builtin "strcmp". This is normal...
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* Supports chain-loading. For details, see "COMMANDS" and the
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examples directory. (was able to boot DOS and Windows NT on my test
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box). NOTE that the "root partition" must be set to work right.
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"makeactive" is currently a no-op.
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* Several weird bugs fixed. One important note: If you recompile, it
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will warn about a clash with builtin "strcmp". This is normal...
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do NOT remove the strcmp definition, as then GCC will possibly put
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inline code from it's own builtin function in some places. (my strcmp
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has slightly different functionality, hence the problem)
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inline code from it's own builtin function in some places. (my
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strcmp has slightly different functionality, hence the problem)
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- Mini-debugger is currently broken.
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* Mini-debugger is currently broken.
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Version 0.2 dated 4/12/96:
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New in 0.2 - 1996-04-12, Erich Boleyn:
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- Completely new menu-based UI. See "COMMANDS" and the examples
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directory for details. NOTE that the argument to a command must
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be preceded by a space between it and the '=', in both the config
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file and the command-line. This will be fixed.
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* Completely new menu-based UI. See "COMMANDS" and the examples
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directory for details. NOTE that the argument to a command must be
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preceded by a space between it and the '=', in both the config file
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and the command-line. This will be fixed.
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Version 0.1 dated 3/31/96 (lots of changes):
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New in 0.1 - 1996-03-31, Erich Boleyn:
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- Newer version of Multiboot Standard (version 0.6) supported.
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* Newer version of Multiboot Standard (version 0.6) supported.
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- Autodetects kernel types. Supports Multiboot, FreeBSD, NetBSD (Linux
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isn't finished).
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* Autodetects kernel types. Supports Multiboot, FreeBSD, NetBSD
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(Linux isn't finished).
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- Stage 1.5 works now. Default setup is now for working with a BSD FFS
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floppy loading "/grub/stage2" as the main bootloader.
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* Stage 1.5 works now. Default setup is now for working with a BSD
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FFS floppy loading "/grub/stage2" as the main bootloader.
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- Filesystem support improved. It didn't work on many floppies
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before (problem with the partition-detection code).
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* Filesystem support improved. It didn't work on many floppies before
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(problem with the partition-detection code).
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- Memory probe now supports arbitrary amounts of RAM (some technical
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* Memory probe now supports arbitrary amounts of RAM (some technical
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limitations exist, see Multiboot standard version 0.6 for details).
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- A mini-debugger is included by default, activated by hitting '~'
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on the command-line (it might interfere with things, but it
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seems OK for my alpha-testing). The commands are in the function
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* A mini-debugger is included by default, activated by hitting '~' on
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the command-line (it might interfere with things, but it seems OK
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for my alpha-testing). The commands are in the function
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"enter_sysdebug" defined in "common.c". If you have an Intel MPS-
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compatible machine, there are extra commands enabled for SMP cpu
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testing. 'q' exits and goes back to what you were doing before.
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Version 0.0 dated 2/6/96:
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New in 0.0-19960206 - 1996-02-06, Erich Boleyn:
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- Newer version of Multiboot Standard (version 0.4) supported.
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* Newer version of Multiboot Standard (version 0.4) supported.
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Version 0.0 dated 12/10/95:
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New in 0.0-19951210 - 1995-12-10, Erich Boleyn:
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- You can now perform TAB-based completion listing of any valid
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* You can now perform TAB-based completion listing of any valid
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partially completed disk/partition/file-name combination. Try it
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out to see what you like, examples are in the NOTES file under
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"Device completion".
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- Fixed a bug causing the memory size routine to sometimes report
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rediculous values.
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* Fixed a bug causing the memory size routine to sometimes report
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ridiculous values.
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- Fixed some documentation (what little there is :-/ and a few assembly
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bugs in the BIOS access routines that nobody reported yet, so I won't
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detail it here.
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* Fixed some documentation (what little there is :-/ and a few
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assembly bugs in the BIOS access routines that nobody reported yet,
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so I won't detail it here.
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install -d debian/tmp debian/tmp/usr/doc/grub debian/tmp/DEBIAN
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## install files
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dir=`cd debian/tmp && pwd` && make install prefix=$$dir
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-rmdir debian/tmp/sbin
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# FIXME: gzip the html files, and make sure cross-refs work fine
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cp -r docs debian/tmp/usr/doc/grub/
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$(INSTALL_DATA) NEWS debian/tmp/usr/doc/grub/docs/
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rm -f debian/tmp/usr/doc/grub/docs/COPYING
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Get /sbin/grub to work.
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Automatically generate source dependencies. This might involve some
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patches to Automake (if so, we should also fix the fact that we
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currently need dummy.c in _SOURCES in order to get the C compiler flag
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variables).
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Change partition syntax to correspond with BSD ``slice'' syntax
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(`(hd0,1a)' -> `/dev/hd0s2a').
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Find out the size restrictions for FAT and ext2fs stage1.5 boot
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blocks. Enforce all arbitrary limits using the Makefiles.
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Look at network booting.
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Add/Finish LBA and/or Int13 extensions support.
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Add stripped-down Guile support, and rewrite current behaviour in
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Scheme. Make sure not to break backward compatibilty, or else we'll
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be roasted by anti-Guile people.
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Add a real scripting language, possibly retain backward compatibility
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so that old config files can be used.
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Look at the network booting patches from L4.
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Add internationalization support, emulating gettext as much as is
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feasible.
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Maybe add BIOS password support. In any event, improve the existing
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password support.
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Add support/delays so that a floppy can be installed from another
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floppy.
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Add support/delays so that a floppy can be installed from
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another floppy.
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Add bootable CDROM support (this probably means I have to support
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ISO-9660 plus maybe even the Rock Ridge extensions... ugh).
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Add bootable CDROM support (this probably means I have to support
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ISO-9660 plus maybe even the Rock Ridge extensions... ugh).
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Add/Finish LBA and/or Int13 extensions support.
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Make symbolic links work for BSD FFS.
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Fix keyboard/gateA20 bug (???? at least look at the code).
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The keyboard status bits may be checked wrong.
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Fix keyboard/gateA20 bug (???? at least look at the code). The
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keyboard status bits may be checked wrong.
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Add indirect block support to the BSD FFS filesystem code, so files
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larger than 16MB can be read.
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??? Make symbolic links work for BSD FFS.
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Add indirect block support to the BSD FFS filesystem code, so files
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larger than 16MB can be read.
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??? Add command for modifying partition types.
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??? Add command for modifying partition types.
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Fix-up FreeBSD, NetBSD (and OpenBSD ?) command-line boot parameters
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Fix-up FreeBSD, NetBSD (and OpenBSD ?) command-line boot parameters
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@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ Execute your OS's equivalent of (this should work for recent FreeBSD
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versions and Linux just fine):<P>
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<pre>
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dd if=bin/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
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dd if=bin/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
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dd if=stage1/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
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dd if=stage2/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
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</pre>
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Under <B>DOS/Windows/NT</B>, courtesy of Eric
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</BODY>
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</HTML>
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