> The problem is that it's not just up to aboot, SRM would also have to know
> about this, so you'd have to convince Q that's it's in their best
> interest to add this stuff to SRM.
Yes.
> However, this makes more difficult for
> the disributions right? At the moment if they see SRM they are safe to
> setup BSD and go on, if they see MILO in the serial number string then
> they need to use PC partitions.
No. Distributions could just change nothing, or you could give them the
ability to detect SRM capable of dealing with DOS partitions.
> From my personal view, the last thing we need right now is to add
> something else that is going to make use/installation of Alpha any more
> difficult.
I agree. However, there are usually technical ways to get around most
installation difficulties. And the gain from being able to use DOS
partitions will be substantial.
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