Subject: Re: i386 Boot floppies (boot1.fs, boot2.fs) still buggy
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Matthias Petermann <matthias.petermann@gmx.de>
List: current-users
Date: 06/14/2004 01:06:50
Hi David,

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:31:35 +0100
David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk> wrote:
> There is a bug in the part of buildfloppies.sh that pads the last
> floppy out to the size of a floppy.  The effect is to zero the last part
> of the image (which is compressed data), whether the system boots depends
> on the random output of the decompressor.  If it generates zeros everything
> except the 'ath' binary driver is probobably ok, if not then an explision
> of some form is likely.

Thank you very much for your fast reply and this detailed explaination.
I also noticed you already fixed the buildfloppies.sh in CVS - really
nice work. I'm about to recompile the whole tree - I will let you know
if it works then.

Kind regards
Matthias

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