Hi Jeremy,

>>> * New SYS, merged from unstable branch.

>> I hope it still uses the much faster cached copying :-)
>> Could you add a small but useful option to force either
>> CHS or LBA mode boot sectors, in particular for FAT32?

> I did merge in the improved chunk copying method; however I kept the
> conceptually simpler copy as a single operation mode, which means
> there are a couple extra disk swaps needed as sys opens both input &
> output file, reads in file, then writes file, then closes both input
> and output file; and it does this separately for the kernel file(s)
> and shell.  I think I will change the order of the file closes, this
> should eliminate some disk swapping.

Please do use the fully cached copying from the stable
branch - it fixes a problem explicitly reported as bug.
Also, 2-3 people worked on it, so it is stable. Thanks!

> Also I will add the option to force FAT32 lba/chs mode tonight.

Thanks!

Eric


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