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Re: SEUL: hardware detection

Rick Jones writes:
> I'm not clear on why anybody thinks we need to boot into any kind of
> DOS, instead of doing it all from Linux?

1) Space.  The Linux kernel leaves little room on a floppy for anything
   else.

2) Rawrite. A FreeDOS based install would not require perfect floppies and
   could be put on a formatted floppy with ordinary tools.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI