Discussion on the future of floppies in 5.x and 6.x

[David Gilbert]

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel O'Connor <doconnor at gsoft.com.au> writes:

Daniel> True..  Although I believe the loader could do it just as well
Daniel> and it's already imported :)

Daniel> (It uses the BIOS to read the kernel, and groks PXE, although
Daniel> I am hazy on the specifics)

I think the loader understands PXE well and understands certain BIOS
things well.  I mentioned FreeDOS since it would understand some CDROM
nuances well.  AFAIK, the loader understood CDROMs to the extent that
they emulated a floppy of some sort.

Dave.

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