Hard Disk vs. Floppy

[jmielens]

I'm just getting started here, and have a question.
What are the differences between loading a kernel off a floppy vs. a hard disk? Also, if I write it (kernel) on a floppy, exactly how difficult will it be difficult to transfer to a disk later?

[Peter_Vigren]

"What are the differences between loading a kernel off a floppy vs. a hard disk? Also, if I write it (kernel) on a floppy, exactly how difficult will it be difficult to transfer to a disk later?"

Well for start, a hard disc has a partition table which contains information about the partitions on the disc. To load the kernel, you have to know where the partition starts. And if you are using CHS, then you must be aware of that hard discs has a different CHS set.

Then is the question of file system... FAT12 if often used on floppys but hard discs can use a vary of file systems like FAT16, FAT32, NTFS etc...

Sorry if this reply isn't that good... Didn't get much sleep last night