Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-32,: Re: Kernels > 1M

# Re: Kernels > 1M

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
9 Aug 1999 10:26:51 GMT

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Followup to: <E11DmH1-00030o-00@fountain.nexus.co.uk>
By author: Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> >how about dropping the boot and setup code from the kernel entirely?
>
> It's very useful being able to just dump a kernel straight onto a floppy and
> have it boot. I'd like to see this functionality kept; I don't see that it
> really hurts anything.
>

Well, it does: it adds complexity in that yet another boot loader
needs to be maintained for merely the occational use. Furthermore, it
is a very problematic such, since figuring out the geometry of a
floppy from the BIOS is impossible, and there is no installer program
to tell us, we have to guess.

-hpa

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