[Coco] Re: Fragmented bootfile support in NitrOS-9

[Richard E. Crislip]

Hello Boisy

On 10/11/2005, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:

>

> On Oct 10, 2005, at 10:27 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:

>

>> I'm glad I find time to scan this list from time to time, 'cause  

>> this freakin' rocks:

>>

>> On Oct 10, 2005, at 9:46 PM, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:

>>

>>

>>> For those of you who have cursed OS-9 for its inability to handle  

>>> fragmented bootfiles, I have some good news.  Today, I  

>>> successfully added to boot_1773 the ability to read fragmented  

>>> bootfiles.

>>>

>>

>> How much larger did the booter have to grow?

>

> In all, about 40 bytes of code added.  The 1773 floppy booter is only  

> 8 or 9 bytes from butting up at the end of the upper limit under  

> Level 2 ($1D0 bytes total), but that booter tends to take up the most  

> space, and additional optimizations could yield savings.  Other  

> booters like the SCSI/IDE and others have plenty of room.

>

> It's cool to hear the seek pattern of the floppy change during boot!


That's outstanding! Keep up the great work.


Regards
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