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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Boot file system idea! Slick
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:37:23 -0700 (MST)
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> > So I think it is a cool idea, so long as it isn't mandatory :-)
> 
> The problem is that if it's not mandatory, there's no point in doing
> it.  If we support reading from ufs filesystems anyway, there's
> nothing really gained from having FAT support.  This is why I can't
> understand Bruce suggesting Yet Another Filesystem just for the
> bootstrap.

Well, it would help with the MIPS, PPC, and Alpha ports, for sure.
The PReP spec requires a DOS partition table, though it allows 32
bit sector offsets.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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