Re: OS install floppy hangs during boot on Bochs 1.4.1

> For my next trick... I wonder whether the MD5 algorithm is such
> that the hash for the concatenation of two blocks of bits can be
> determined quickly from the hashes for the two blocks.

Good God, I hope not.  MD5 shouldn't be a homomorphism.

> Then, you
> see, you could have the hash(es) for the invariant part(s) of the
> disk image lying around, and combine it (them) on the fly with the
> hash for the user's individual plan9.ini.

You could hash the hashes of the two bits, which would be
computationally cheap (relatively speaking).

        - Dan C.