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From: dillon@CORY (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: KickBench
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Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 03:13:22 EDT
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	Yup, that sounds like a hacker's hack to me.  I dunno, but wouldn't
it be easier to modify the code in DOS checking between 'KICK' and 'DOS '??
The two checks are probably together (maybe in case), and I doubt very
much you would have to actually *add* any code .. just rip it up a little
so it falls through (you know, turn a branch into a NOP, etc...).  In anycase,
you wouldn't then need to do any diskwriting whatsoever once you've got
the mod'd kickstart. (The end result would be that DOS would write 'DOS ' in
memory whether the disk in the drive is 'KICK' or 'DOS '.)


	I'll take a crack at it, but don't guarentee results as I am 
very loaded down with school work right now.  Now, where did that 68K
disassembler go ....

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REQUIRED FOR 1.2 release (PRETTY PLEASE??): It can't be all that difficult
to have the workbench boot check DF1: as well as DF0:, and would solve many
problems (as well as double the speed of your initial power up if you have
an external drive or 2 or 3).


Possibilities for 1.3:	Allow for workbench/kickstart disk via multiple
partitions on the disk.


					-Matt