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From: rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert L. Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: How to use a hard disk with Minix
Message-ID: <10641@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 5 Dec 89 05:08:05 GMT
References: <89334.224050TAR@MAINE.BITNET> <1727@bruce.OZ>
Reply-To: rlb@cs.odu.edu (Robert L. Bailey)
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
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In article <1727@bruce.OZ> cechew@bruce.OZ (Earl Chew) writes:
>file systems (check the book). BootLace fits in there. It will read in ShoeLace
>which will load Minix from the file system. No special boot disk is necessary.
>You can keep the Minix kernel image as a normal file anywhere on the hard disk
>partition (eg /etc/system/minix). Or, you can keep the a.out files for the
>kernel (eg /etc/system/kernel, /etc/system/mm, /etc/system/fs and
>/etc/system/init) and ShoeLace will build the Minix at boot time.
>
>This also means that you can construct a single stand-alone boot floppy instead
>of the current two (one kernel image and one root file image).
>
>WiniBoot resides in the partition table sector (cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1)
>and will prompt you for the partition that you wish to boot. In this way you
>can boot dos or Minix on separate partitions.

Where can I get Shoelace?  I am about ready to order Minix, but, I 
don't want to be stuck with floppy only boots!

Bob Bailey