Bug#31099: 31099: boot-floppies error report
On Wed, 06 Jan 1999 20:17:20 -0600, job bogan <job@piquin.uchicago.edu> said:
> Your message dated: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 21:10:33 EST
>> Huh. Was your DOS box totally clean, i.e., no drivers loaded by
>> config.sys and autoexec.bat?
> umm, himem.sys, vpmouse.sys and the normal dos stuff (msdos.sys et
> al). nothing odd.
> but that's not really relevant. loadlin.exe just toasts whatever is
> in memory and exec's vmlinuz. it's functionally the same as booting
> off a disk.
> besides, i don't see any way that dos could leave something around
> that would cause star to not want to overwrite a file that is in
> use. =)
Well, the x86 architecture is a strange and mysterious thing. Try booting without *anything* in DOS, if you get a chance.
To boot clean, use F8. Geeze, I really gotta document that. :)
Will be in my next commit (tomorrow night probably).
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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