diff --git a/hdr/kconfig.h b/hdr/kconfig.h
index 3d3f8c9..02c340a 100644
--- a/hdr/kconfig.h
+++ b/hdr/kconfig.h
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@
 		Revision: revision sequence, e.g. 42 for kernel 2042
 		Release: 0 if released version, >0 for svn builds (e.g. svn revision #)
             
+	CheckDebugger: during initialization enable/disable check to stop in debugger if one is active
+	   0 = do not check (assume absent),
+	   1 = do check by running breakpoint,
+	   2 = assume present
+	   
+    Verbose: amount of messages to display during initialization
+       -1 = quiet
+        0 = normal
+        1 = verbose
+
+	PartitionMode: how to handle GPT and MBR partitions
+		bits 0-1: 01=GPT if found, 00=MBR if found, 11=Hybrid, GPT first then MBR, 10=Hybrid, MBR first then GPT
+		          in hybrid mode, EE partitions ignored, drives assigned by GPT or MBR first based on hybrid type
+		bits 2-4: 001=mount ESP (usually FAT32) partition, 010=mount MS Basic partitions, 100=mount unknown partitions
+		          111=attempt to mount all paritions, 110=attempt to mount all but ESP partitions
+		bits 5-7: reserved, 0 else undefined behavior
 */
 typedef struct _KernelConfig {
   char CONFIG[6];               /* "CONFIG" */
@@ -46,10 +62,8 @@ typedef struct _KernelConfig {
   unsigned short Version_Revision;
   unsigned short Version_Release;
 
+  /* for version 2044 and higher only */
   unsigned char CheckDebugger;
-	/* 0 = do not check (assume absent),
-	   1 = do check by running breakpoint,
-	   2 = assume present */
-
-  signed char Verbose; /* -1 = quiet, 0 = normal, 1 = verbose */
+  signed char Verbose;
+  unsigned char PartitionMode;
 } KernelConfig;
diff --git a/kernel/kernel.asm b/kernel/kernel.asm
index dad361c..583e66b 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.asm
+++ b/kernel/kernel.asm
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ Version_Release             dw 1        ; 0=release build, >0=svn#
 
 CheckDebugger:	            db 0        ; 0 = no check, 1 = check, 2 = assume present
 Verbose	                    db 0        ; -1 = quiet, 0 = normal, 1 = verbose
+
+PartitionMode				db 0x1f		; bits 0-1: 01=GPT if found, 00=MBR if found, 11=Hybrid, GPT first then MBR, 10=Hybrid, MBR first then GPT
+										;           in hybrid mode, EE partitions ignored, drives assigned by GPT or MBR first based on hybrid type
+										; bits 2-4: 001=mount ESP (usually FAT32) partition, 010=mount MS Basic partitions, 100=mount unknown partitions
+										;           111=attempt to mount all paritions, 110=attempt to mount all but ESP partitions
+										; bits 5-7: reserved, 0 else undefined behavior
+
 configend:
 kernel_config_size: equ configend - config_signature
 	; must be below-or-equal the size of struct _KernelConfig
diff --git a/sys/fdkrncfg.c b/sys/fdkrncfg.c
index d121433..40e7110 100644
--- a/sys/fdkrncfg.c
+++ b/sys/fdkrncfg.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 *  merged into SYS by tom ehlert                                                                        *
 ***************************************************************************/
 
-char VERSION[] = "v1.04";
+char VERSION[] = "v1.05";
 char PROGRAM[] = "SYS CONFIG";
 char KERNEL[] = "KERNEL.SYS";
 
@@ -134,9 +134,21 @@ int readConfigSettings(int kfile, char *kfilename, KernelConfig * cfg)
     exit(1);
   }
 
-  /* check if config settings old UPX header and adjust */
-  if (cfg->ConfigSize == 19)
-    cfg->ConfigSize = 14;  /* ignore 'nused87654321' */
+  /* check if config settings old UPX header and adjust
+     original UPX header incorrectly set size value to 19,
+     a while back this was fixed and if we ran across a kernel
+     with the wrong value we would update it to 14.  Another bug,
+     the correct value is 6 (possibly 5 if kernel old enough, but
+     we can safely ignore the 'u' value for BootHarddiskSeconds
+     as it won't be used if the kernel doesn't support that option.
+     The "corrected size" incorrectly included the 8 bytes of the CONFIG
+     header ['C','O','N','F','I','G' + WORD ConfigSize ].
+     14 was never valid for a released kernel, so we can safely
+     assume 13 is valid, 15-18 is valid, and >= 20 valid but
+     that a value of 14 or 19 should really be 6.
+  */
+  if ((cfg->ConfigSize == 19) || (cfg->ConfigSize == 14))
+    cfg->ConfigSize = 6;  /* ignore 'nused87654321' */
 
   return 1;
 }
@@ -169,7 +181,7 @@ void displayConfigSettings(KernelConfig * cfg)
     printf
         ("%s kernel %s (build %d.%d OEM:%02X)\n", 
         (cfg->Version_OemID == 0xFD)?"FreeDOS":"DOS-C",
-        cfg->Version_Release?"SVN":"Release",
+        cfg->Version_Release?"Nightly":"Release",
         cfg->Version_Major,
         cfg->Version_Revision,
         cfg->Version_OemID
@@ -228,9 +240,16 @@ void displayConfigSettings(KernelConfig * cfg)
   if (cfg->ConfigSize >= 14)
   {
     printf
-        ("Verbose=%d :            -1=quiet, *0=normal, 1=verbose\n",
+        ("Verbose=%d :                  -1=quiet, *0=normal, 1=verbose\n",
          cfg->Verbose);
   }
+  
+  if (cfg->ConfigSize >= 15)
+  {
+    printf
+        ("PartitionMode=0x%02X          How GPT or hybrid GPT/MBR partitions used\n",
+         cfg->PartitionMode);
+  }
 
 #if 0                           /* we assume that SYS is as current as the kernel */