Hi, On 05/03/2013 06:57 PM, Dominik Taborsky wrote: > On Fri, 03 May 2013 17:57:21 +0200, Martin Sucha <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Dominik, >> >> On 05/03/2013 05:19 PM, Dominik Taborsky wrote: >>> I think you may have misunderstood the point of this library. This >>> library is aimed at HelenOS, not to replace standard tools. It is for >>> the case when you have blank harddrive so that you can format it and >>> install HelenOS. It's not designed to fit all needs. If it is really >>> necessary (for inter-OS compatibility), you can use better tool instead, >>> since you are going to be using a different OS anyway. >> I tend to disagree, I'd like to be able to install HelenOS alongside >> another operating system (or two) from within HelenOS, even on a >> notebook computer with recovery partitions and such things. I think the >> ultimate goal is for HelenOS to *be* the standard OS you use to run >> programs on your computer ;) >> >> I already have triple-boot setup on my laptop (Windows/Linux/HelenOS), >> why should I have to purchase a separate hard-disk just to use the >> installer on real hardware? > > What I meant was that when you do this kind of setup, you partition the > drive from Linux anyway. I also have dual, triple or multiple boot > setups. When you get your hardware with preinstalled Windows, you have > to run Linux so that you can run ntfs-resize, for example. When you > don't plan on using Windows but only sensible OSs like Linux, then you > either partition the drive from Linux so that you can use LVM and other > advanced stuff, or you are just fine with LBA-only MBR from HelenOS.
OK, so if I add say working ext4fsresize (or ntfsresize) to HelenOS, would the installation work on my computer without using Linux? (It wasn't clear to me from your previous e-mail, since you mentioned that it is for the case when you have a blank harddrive). >> >> So instead of saying the library is implemented this way because it is >> aimed at HelenOS, isn't it better to say that the aim was to create a >> prototype for your thesis? > > Surely, I admit it is for my thesis. But I also sincerely think an > all-or-nothing implementation is not necessary. Or do you have disks > smaller than 8.4GB on top of legacy hardware and use legacy OSs? :-) Well, I also own a box with a 486-like SoC, who knows how the IDE emulation for the 1GB SD card that contains an old Linux image is done :) But yes, it probably could be reformatted if necessary. Regards, Martin Sucha _______________________________________________ HelenOS-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.modry.cz/cgi-bin/listinfo/helenos-devel
