On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Mike Smith wrote:
> > Whoops, I always end up typing the wrong thing :) boot0 is the MBR, boot2 is
> > the kernel loader, and they're all by Mr. Nordier.
>
> Wrong again. boot0 is in the MBR, boot1 and boot2 are the bootstrap;
> all by Robert. The loader, OTOH, uses Robert's BTX code, Ficl, and a
> lot of code derived by me from the NetBSD standalone loader.
Boot2 is, as you say, correctly identified as the "bootstrap", however you
cannot deny that boot2 is a kernel loader as it can load a pure executable
(a.out kernel or /boot/loader) or an ELF kernel.
>
> > The BTX loader does have a "prompt" by default and if you interrupt the
> > countdown. The prompt is, of course, Forth :)
>
> The "BTX loader" doesn't have a prompt at all. The kernel loader has a
> prompt, and the prompt is not written in Forth (yet).
By "BTX loader" I refer to the BTX kernel and system which can bootstrap
a kernel and load modules.
The prompt isn't OF Forth, I stated that the prompt TAKES Forth; perhaps I
could have said that better.
>
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