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peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:

>In article <C0q94w.48p@NeoSoft.com> karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
>> Hey, how about making the second stage boot, say Julian's loader, an
>> executable DOS program?

>This is what Plan 9 does. I was at first repelled and disgusted, but on
>reflection it sounds like a really nice idea. It would resolve the Compaq
>boot problem, it would resolve the problem of video boards that require
>magic DOS configuration programs, it would resolve the "how do I boot
>386BSD on a second controller" problem, and so on.

>Plus, it'd make it easier to hack around with the boot sequence. You could
>build a new boot program without worrying about making your system non-
>bootable. You could give it arguments

>	bootbsd boot-options where init-options

>	bootbsd as1a:386bsd.old
>	bootbsd -large wd0a
>	bootbsd -debug fd0a
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But is MSDOS as powerful an OS as the forth boot monitor on a Sun SPARC?

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