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RE: Improved aboot (with updated documentation) from boot floppies



> 
> Can I ask a dumb question: does it grok standard Linux partition tables?
> 

  What's a standard Linux partition table? 

  SRM definition boot block conflicts with where the DOS partition
  table resides. So, I guess the answer to your question would be 'no'.

  Is Alpha/SRM the only Linux platform that can't boot from DOS
  partitions? Wouldn't surprise me if it was.

  larry





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 Larry Sendlosky			 	            ATS
 larry@scrugs.lkg.dec.com (978) 506-6640                    Compaq
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