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From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net>
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Subject: Re: updating BootEasy to recognize FAT32 partitions
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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