[ros-dev] very confused

[Jerry]

Yes, I have. It is a fat12/16 bootsector. I plan to work on the fat32 
sometime soon.

Brandon Turner wrote:

> Murphy, Ged (Bolton) wrote:
>
>> theUser BL wrote:
>>
>>  
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>>> On the following
>>> http://www.reactos.org/pipermail/ros-dev/2006-February/007717.html
>>> a developer says
>>> "I am told that the sources for FreeLdr are all okay, except for the
>>> some of the bootsectors having been pretty much just disassembled from
>>> MS's. Is this true?"
>>> The answer comes from an other developer
>>> http://www.reactos.org/pipermail/ros-dev/2006-February/007722.html
>>> "crashfourit has posted a patch here:"
>>>
>>> That means, that it is possible, that MS-bootsector-code have found 
>>> the way in ROS, if I understood it right.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> This code hasn't been audited yet. It's possible that parts of the
>> bootsector have been derrived from an MS dissasembly. The audit will 
>> reveal
>> the answer, and it will be rewritten if nessesary.
>>
>>
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>> Regards,
>> Ged.
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> Brian in his commit message of freeloader said he used disassmebly.  
> However, Jerry has written a new bootsector that will work and can be 
> dropped into ROS at any time.
>
> Brandon
>
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