said:
Hi,
>But it seems like catch 22. If OS/2 cannot access X: HPFS without
>loading the IFS, and you tell it to get the IFS from X:, how does it
>find X: to get the IFS to load?
The same what that is have been since OS/2 was invented. Also, the same
way the BASEDEVs are loaded.
>For the BASEDEVs does it do a "get from this partition"?
Sorta. I've discussed this before, but basically, drive letters don't
exist until late in the boot process. The MBR code used the partition
table to find the location that contains the first boot sector of the
partition/volume. The boot sector code know how to load the rest of the
bootloader. The bootloader contains the microFSD. This FSD is has enough
smarts to allow the bootloader to load os2boot (the miniFSD), os2ldr and
os2krnl. The bootloader passes control to the kernel which continues the
boot process. The kernel use the miniFSD to load the basedevs. The
kernel also asks the miniFSD what drive letter the boot volume is. After
the basedevs are loaded, the kernel enables the drivers and continues the
boot process. One part of this is the verify that the boot drive letter
known to the miniFSD matches what the DMDs know it as. This is really
where drive letters start to exist. Eventually hpfs.ifs is loaded. Once
loaded, it takes over from the miniFSD.
>Every partition has a letter and they are in order.
They always will be on single drive system when running Warp4. Does the
boot partition have the expected drive letter?
You do need to make sure you are asking dfsee to display the Warp4 style
drive letter assignements.
Steven
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