On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Bradley, Greg wrote:
>> How?  The kernel starts init (
>Before we can load the kernel, we need a bootstrap in the bios. Is this
>part of the operating system as well?

No, it's part of the BIOS.

>> Huh?
>The program, init, is a user input. Put a different program there called
>init and something different happens, according the the users input,
>ie the program init.

Put a different kernel there and something completely different happens.
Is the kernel then not part of the operating system?

[...]
>No program defines the Windows 95 operating system because Windows 95
>is NOT an operating system. Windows 95 is an application running on the
>msdos OPERATING SYSTEM.

Then what one program defines MS-DOS?  COMMAND.COM?

>MSDOS boots, manages memory, peripherals and accepts and acts on user
>input.  It can do all of these things without any of the windows 95
>application in place.

Odd.  If I "exit" Windows 95 to a DOS prompt, I can no longer access
my CD-ROM and have to load a driver for my sound card.  Similarly,
if I boot to a command line rather than going into "the Windows 95
application running on top of MS-DOS", I also cannot access various
components of my hardware.  Apparently MS-DOS is incapable of managing
these peripherals on its own.

>Windows 95 on the other hand can do nothing if I remove the msdos
>operating system from underneath it. I can however unplug  msdos and
>replace it with some other OPERATING SYSTEM and windows will work fine.

First you need to identify what it is you're replacing.  What ONE FILE
are you replacing?

And I also speculate that the Windows 95 virtual machine assumes control
of the system once Windows 95 starts.  MS-DOS 7 only acts as a overpowered
boot loader.

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