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Subject: Re: Boot file system idea! Slick
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
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> > 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.
> 
> DOS partition table != FAT bootstrap filesystem.

Motorolla PowerStak PPC 603/604, pre OpenFirmware == FAT.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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