From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Don Message-ID: <8f6cf824.0205311125.5c082a24@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <8af692a6aa5a1270aab459dd5945364d@plan9.bell-labs.com>, Subject: Re: [9fans] non-BIOS boot Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 09:54:35 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: a58a7c9e-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > Now I am not claiming that stuffing all this into 512 bytes is a good idea, > mind you. Merely that it is possible. > I don't really think thats something any of us are disputing. It is rather possible to fit _lots_ of great code into 512 bytes, as we all know. The question here is how different the SCSI/ATA/etc negotiation would be per device and how those differences would create problems within a scope too great for a MBR/PBS. :) Don