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Date:      Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:26:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
To:        uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Frank Durda IV)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: three-stage boot
Message-ID:  <199510132226.PAA09151@ref.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: <m0t3kRB-000IwuC@nemesis.lonestar.org> from "Frank Durda IV" at Oct 13, 95 08:46:00 am

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Well ther is the 2nd stage bootblocks of course..
they do all these things!
> 
> [0]Speaking of the three-stage boot stuff, I'd like to hear from some/anyone
> [0]that has a set of screen, serial and disk libraries that interact directly 
> [0]with the BIOS in the state that it's in when the bootsector is loaded.
> 
> Yeah, I have some of this stuff from the XENIX days.  The filesystem
> stuff would have to be replaced, but I assume all you are interested in
> is mainly the stuff for getting the BIOS to read the hard disk
> and maybe keep the user informed on progress, right?
> 
> I'll dig this stuff up if you want it.
> 
> Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"Remember, Bill is getting
> or uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Fastest Route)| richer as we argue...."
> ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem               |
> ...decvax!fw.ast.com!nemesis!uhclem         |
> 
> 
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