[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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