winscape 2351

No, we are not going in circles. I think you are missing the equivalent of an instruction in your code :-). Once you get that, you'll figure it all out. But my head isn't working well so I can do my usual pinpointing the point that has the absence of knowledge. Read what Lynn described carefully. From your background (IBM) you might be able to figure it out. The problem is that you're trying to compare stuff to the PC. The PC hides most of these differences which is a feature is all you want to do is use the damned thing. It is a defect if you're trying to learn the innards.

These things are getting done on PC systems. Nobody sees it.

I'm an OS developer; dropping anything was a sin :-).

No. I call it an installation. To run this code is called cold if the system is brought up directly from the installation medium; it is called warm if a disk has been built where the files on the installation medium reside.

You're getting closer. Note that this is all complicated by how each manufacturer and OS implemented these processes.

BAH