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Re: ELKS 0.0.62

To: linux-8086@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: linux-8086@vger.rutgers.edu
From: Max Klingert <mklinger@visi.com>
Date: 	Tue, 15 Jul 1997 11:03:12 -0500 (CDT)
Newsgroups: linux.dev.8086

> On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Max Klingert wrote:
> 
> > I had the same problem with the filesystem - anyone know if the bootimage 
> > can be "patched" to see the right filesystem? Or do we need to grab the 
> > source and re-compile on a big-linux system? 
> 
> Pull out a hex-editor, search for 0x03c0 in the first 512 bytes or so,
> and change it to 0x0380.
> 

Thanks. Now, does anyone have the correct answer? :-)

The docs say that (508/509?) in the bootsector are unused and that appears
to be the case. I tried changing the bootimage with rdev on a big linux
box and it still went looking for 03c0...

Max	mklinger@visi.com

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