j-impossiblix wrote:wondering how it works...
i'll try to give an quick run down.
the mbr on the floppy gets hit and the bios boots it.
config.sys is loaded and all DOS drivers are loaded in there.
autoexec.bat is next. it has the logic to find puppy and decide what is pasted to linld.
linld is a dos app that will boot a kernel image from DOS.
we use the menu system in order to write the config file for overcomeing the commandline limitations in freedos (we are using freedos not MS-DOS).
j-impossiblix wrote:...and how come this is the only distro that can use a floppy to help boot.
is it really? i'm ignorant, so i must defer this back the group.
@all
is puppy really the only disto (or liveCD) that can use a floppy (GRUP floppy excluded, that wouldn't be any fun)?