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From: David Uhring <duhring@charter.net>
To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>,
	Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Re: No /boot/loader (dangerously dedicated)
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Doug White once stated:
> 
> => Wait!  Smarter then  what?  So it  can  boot NT  and  Win98 for  some
> => weenies, or,  actually do something  useful (not sure  what, though)?
> => Why am I to waste space (even so little) "to be compatible with other
> => OSes", if there will never be any other OSes?
> =
> =So you'll be compatible with your BIOS as well. Many BIOSen get really,
> =really torqued if your partition table isn't normal.
> 
> I'm yet to see a BIOS, for which this is true. May be, I'm just lucky...
> 
> =It's a negligible amount of space.  Just say 'Yes'. :)
> 
> Althouh, I'm delighted to see my opinion  matter so much :), I don't see
> the benefit. Making  the loader smarter? To do what?  To play some silly
> animations, while loading kernel? No thanks...
> 
> 	-mi

I have to agree with Mikhail.  On a dedicated server, there is no need to
concern ourselves with future OS additions to the HD.  And I haven't had any
problems with BIOS's as old as IBM's from 1995, although I suspect that some of
Compaq's BIOS's may give rise to problems.  My one Compaq box gives a warning
about running a configuration utility to install Unix, but I can't find it on
their web site.  Leave the option as is; it ain't broken, don't fix it.

dave


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