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Re: AROS Kickstart Replacement Phase I and II
« on: May 17, 2006, 03:55:49 PM »
A bootloader uses Kickstart routines to do everything.  We're talking about a whole new ROM image here.
 

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Re: AROS Kickstart Replacement Phase I and II
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2006, 04:05:22 PM »
Ummm... Workbench is contained in the Kickstart ROM as well.   :roll:
 

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Re: AROS Kickstart Replacement Phase I and II
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2006, 04:27:27 PM »
IF the AROS Kickstart ROM were done correctly it would still work.  But there's always the chance that some programs wouldn't use the Kickstart in the correct way or would try to patch the system to use different functions.  For example, the new Kickstart would require the removal of the SetPatch command from your s:Startup-sequence file.  It would probably boot faster but at the expense of some compatability.