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Subject: Re: Is it soup yet? :-) 
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 09:00:32 +0800
From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
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Julian Elischer wrote:
> we can't replace the bootblocks.. the owners of these machines in every
> continent can't do that.. :-)
> 
> 
> we will probably be dropping in a 3rd stage loader
> made in a.out, called 'kernel'
> 
> the new kernel will probably be called elfkernel or similar (ekernel?)

Call be crazy, but I think I'd almost like to move the "real" kernel to
/boot/kernel, providing the search paths were ok.

> julian

Cheers,
-Peter



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