orc@pell.portland.or.us (david parsons) said:
> In article <linux.kernel.880b2g$ani$1@node.matrix.fire>,
> <jmcmullan@linuxcare.com> wrote:
>
> > Have I bitten off more than I can chew, or is protocol layering
> >over block devices REALLY possible?
> There's precedent for it; other operating systems have implemented
> driver overlays (and did it quite some time ago). It would be VERY
> useful for install floppies, too -- build a block driver that talks
> directly to bios interrupts, use that to mount the install media,
> then overlay the native drivers over it when you can access media
> that's larger than 1.44mb (and with that, you can also discard the
> initrd kludge and use a different bios driver to load the installer
> off the floppy analogue de jour)
That would be a this-kind-of-floppy with this-range-of-BIOSes solution for
PCs only. Not good enough.
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