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russ loroville wrote:
> 
> Will BL2 be able to recognise(mount) the  
> incredibly large hard drives that many of 
> the new XP machchin have??

I don't think the size of the drive should be a problem.  
However, mounting an XP drive probably requires the 
NTFS module from Slackware 7.1.  Initially, I intending 
supplying that module in BL2, but because of its size 
(and because my lack of an XP machine stopped me from 
testing it), I left it out.

BTW, neither the make_fd routine, nor the floppies it 
creates, need to mount the XP drive.  make_fd.bat runs 
purely in DOS and doesn't use Linux at all.  And the two 
floppies are self-contained and don't use the XP harddrive.

So, even though XP can not boot BL2 directly (using boot.bat), 
it (apparently) can create the floppies (using make_fd.bat),
then insert the first floppy, reset the computer, and boot 
BL2 that way.

Cheers,
Steven