On Wed, 19 Jun 1996 01:53:54 -0700  Jonathan Stone wrote:

> Absolutely true.  However, the bootblocks are banging their head
> into the 8k limit.  One thing I cut out of the bootblock code was
> symlink support. You *cannot* boot a kernel through a symlink;
> give a hard-link name instead.

Is it worth contemplating a three stage boot process ala Ultrix (with
its /ultrixboot), where, say, /boot would do all of the hard work of
loading the kernel, and all the boot blocks have to do is load /boot ?

Simon.