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From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
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Subject: Re: 386BSD.EXE - Let DOS handle booting?
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Date: 13 Jan 93 23:10:58 GMT
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In article <id.QJNW._89@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da
silva) writes:
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>	bootbsd as1a:386bsd.old
>	bootbsd -large wd0a
>	bootbsd -debug fd0a

Julian's replacement boot blocks already do something similar to this.
Look in ref.tfs.com:/usr/src/sys.extras/julian-bootblocks.

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