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- ===== Changes from BootLin 1.6 to 1.6b ========================================
- Adapted to linux v1.1, trying to be compatible with older versions.
- That's because the setup has changed, thinking it had to take Bootlin into
- account ! In fact, the real change is that the setup size is variable, and
- its size in sectors is given in the bootsector.
- Old images with no such specification should be detected and handled
- correctly.
- Now SCSI disk partitions can be specified as root and swap device,
- under the specifier "sd[a-g][1-8]" ("sda3" for instance). Also the root device,
- when not defined, is asked literally (as for image filename).
-
- NOTE to the writer of setup.S: in the future, when setup.S changes, _Bootlin_
- should be adapted to the setup, not the reverse.
-
- ===== Changes from BootLin 1.5b to 1.6 ========================================
- Added a more evoluated command line parsing to be able to define
- parameters of Linux from the command line: root FS device, swap device,
- ram disk, startup video mode.
- Option -wait makes bootlin wait for a key before lauching Linux.
- Changed the look of messages, to display clearly more informations.
- Added checks for memory and more checks on Linux parameters.
-
- ===== Changes from BootLin 1.5 to 1.5b ========================================
- Very few and minor changes this time. Added a check of the CPU.
- Linux launch is aborted if no 386+ is detected.
-
- ===== Changes from BootLin 1.4 to 1.5 =========================================
- Changed the way it asks the root device in case it is undefined in
- the boot sector. It now counts on Linux's autodetect capability for the
- floppies, and supports partition numbering of /dev/hd[ab][1-9].
- This means this feature will run correctly for floppies only
- with linux kernels having floppy-format autodect (at least the current
- version, but if you can fetch this BootLinux, you probably can fetch the
- last version of Linux too, so this shouldn't be a problem).
-
- ===== Changes from BootLin 1.3 to 1.4 =========================================
- Now able to launch Linux directly from DOS, without having to boot.
- The only restriction is that you must do it from real mode. So no Windows,
- no EMM386, no DesqView, no etc...
-
- ===== Changes from BootLin 1.2 to 1.3 =========================================
- Added a check of the boot sector to be a REAL BIOS BOOT SECTOR. This
- will avoid, I hope, to try to boot with everything, and more especially with
- the system executable, like one of my friends did...
-
- BootLinux now sets the memory to zero before loading the image. With
- this linux hangs less often.
-
- If the name given on the command line refers to no real file, then
- you are prompted for a new file name, until the name is correct. This should
- allow, for those using multiple kernels, the use of only one command line in
- the config.sys to boot whatever version of linux they want.
-
- Sorry, I could not avoid Bootlin.com to be more than 1K this time !
-
- ===== Changes from BootLin 1.1 to 1.2 =========================================
- I think I have now corrected the bug that hung some computers and
- made everyone have garbage in place of the "Press <RETURN> to see SVGA modes".
-
- If the ROOT device number is not defined, it allows you to choose
- it within some devices.
-
- It has a far more simple command line parsing routine. That allowed
- to save about 33% of the size, which in turn allowed the new BootLinux to
- be smaller than the old one. Drawback: no checking is done. Anyway,
- it has the same syntax than the previous BootLinux.
-
- I now give a MASM source !
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