> 
> But I find it inconvenient, if fiendishly clever, that the bootstrap 
> loader has to have some understanding of the filesystem before being 
> able to get any work done :-)
> 
> I guess I'm just too retro...
> 
The bootstrap loader have all knowledge in the world about the filesystem,
how could it otherwise load the kernel? Gee, even the boot blocks (8k) on
vax understands FFS to be able to read in the boot program :-)

-- Ragge