Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA02651; Mon, 4 Dec 95 13:31:39 EST Received: from hubbub.cisco.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA19984; Mon, 4 Dec 95 13:30:37 EST Received: from vandys-lap.cisco.com (vandys-lap.cisco.com [171.69.60.118]) by hubbub.cisco.com (8.6.12/CISCO.GATE.1.1) with ESMTP id KAA13948; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 10:29:01 -0800 Received: from hubbub.cisco.com (hubbub.cisco.com [198.92.30.32]) by vandys-lap.cisco.com (8.7.1/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA07408 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 10:28:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from vandys-lap.cisco.com (vandys-lap.cisco.com [171.69.60.118]) by hubbub.cisco.com (8.6.12/CISCO.GATE.1.1) with ESMTP id KAA13940; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 10:28:54 -0800 Received: from localhost.cisco.com (localhost.cisco.com [127.0.0.1]) by vandys-lap.cisco.com (8.7.1/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA07402; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 10:28:53 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199512041828.KAA07402@vandys-lap.cisco.com> X-Authentication-Warning: vandys-lap.cisco.com: Host localhost.cisco.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Chris Patti Cc: vsta@cisco.com Subject: Re: Installing VSTa without installing DOS first.. Possible? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 03 Dec 1995 18:07:04 EST." <199512032307.SAA07898@wyn.hq.org> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 10:28:53 -0800 From: Andy Valencia [Chris Patti writes:] >So I'm been aspousing the greatness of VSTa to my roommate for >awhile now and finally the other day he said "OK, How do I install it? I >don't want to have DOS on this machine.. Does it have a boot/root setup >similar to Linux? Nope. I'm following the Multiboot standard, and have looked over the first implentation of this standard, the "Grub" loader. It doesn't look like it does FAT boots yet, so I'm in wait and see mode. Dave Hudson also got native booting from floppy running, but I hear it's rather slow. Andy