Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 03:46:42 -0400 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating BootEasy to recognize FAT32 partitions Message-ID: <34335162.3C42CFA2@idt.net> References: <199710020638.XAA09904@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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Satoshi Asami wrote: > > * Nobody, AFAIK! > > Well, who can compile a new boot.bin? > > Satoshi Well, I just recently found out, I can... ;-) I found a little bug in BootEasy 1.7 - it lets you boot off the first or second disk, supposedly (never actually got it to boot off the second disk, but I think it's due to the Microsoft boot code). But, it wouldn't allow me to even _attempt_ to boot off the second disk unless I had _exactly_ two disks. But I now have three disks on the PC in my office, so it wouldn't work! So I changed one compare instruction, dug through my old floppies and found "TASM" (it wouldn't assemble with MASM), and got a new boot image that gave me a choice for "Disk 2". Anyway, I could update it. BUT - the code is written to _just exactly_ fit [the "blank" area gets overwritten by things like WinNT :( ]. So, I'd have to change one of the existing OS names (and the corresponding type number). So - anybody care if I blow away "Venix" as a boot choice? Then, I see three choices for the new boot name: 1. "FAT32" 2. "Win95" 3. "Win98" Any preference? Gary
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