>> The reason I can see for ELKS is what first lead me to take an interest
>> in it -- the "E" in ELKS stands for "Embeddable."
>
>For those looking for a free, open source, embeddable OS, check out:
>http://www.cygnus.com/ecos/
>It does require a 32-bit (or 64-bit) processor, but AFAIK that's not
> Huh? Not to open up a large can of worms here, but in my opinion the ONLY
> reason for ELKS is for something fun for its participants to do. The
> relative utility of 8086-class computers goes down every day. Consider
> that you can buy a used computer with a Pentium 60 with onboard video,
>
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Dan Olson wrote:
> > Huh? Not to open up a large can of worms here, but in my opinion the ONLY
> > reason for ELKS is for something fun for its participants to do. The
> > relative utility of 8086-class computers goes down every day.
If you don't like it, then get off the
Hello Leo,
> Just a lurker with a question and idea...
Same here.
> How big is the minix code (x86 not source)? If it is big (relative to a
> _plain_ FAT) maybe the minix fs is not necessary? and memory could be
> freed by simplifying the filesystem? I understand the many limitations of
> FAT
>On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Steve Drake wrote:
>
>> The reason I can see for ELKS is what first lead me to take an interest
>> in it -- the "E" in ELKS stands for "Embeddable."
>
>For those looking for a free, open source, embeddable OS, check out:
>
>http://www.cygnus.com/ecos/
>
>It does require a 32-
[David Given:]
> UMSDOS is h u g e. While it *would* make ELKS easier to use, it would most
> likely use so much space you couldn't use it for everything. Remember you need
> the UMSDOS, MSDOS and FAT modules to make it work. If you *can* fit it in,
> it'd be wonderful; but I'd be surprised.
[Leo Cyr:]
> Just a lurker with a question and idea...
> How big is the minix code (x86 not source)? If it is big (relative to a
> _plain_ FAT) maybe the minix fs is not necessary? and memory could be
> freed by simplifying the filesystem? I understand the many limitations of
> FAT but it appea
dg > UMSDOS is h u g e. While it *would* make ELKS easier to use, it
dg > would most likely use so much space you couldn't use it for
dg > everything. Remember you need the UMSDOS, MSDOS and FAT modules to
dg > make it work. If you *can* fit it in, it'd be wonderful; but I'd be
dg > surprised.
r
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, David C.S. Prior wrote:
> Would it be possible to have a large file present in the root directory
> of a FAT partition which was in fact an image of a Minix Filesystem.
> That way, people could have ELKS co-existing with MS-DOS (or another
> DOS) on the same hard drive. The
Blaz Antonic writes:
>
> > Thinking in the bath last night I came up with a way of building user space
>
> How romantic :-)
>
> > We create a meta driver called something like the user device driver which
> > has a whole load of generically named devices in /dev/udd0 -- /dev/udd.
>
> It is a n
[...]
>Would it be possible to have a large file present in the root directory of
>a FAT partition which was in fact an image of a Minix Filesystem. That
>way, people could have ELKS co-existing with MS-DOS (or another DOS) on
>the same hard drive. The part of the code that read the Minix image
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Shane Kerr wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Steve Drake wrote:
>
> > The reason I can see for ELKS is what first lead me to take an interest
> > in it -- the "E" in ELKS stands for "Embeddable."
>
> For those looking for a free, open source, embeddable OS, check out:
>
> http
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, [big5] ª÷©÷²z wrote:
> >> The reason I can see for ELKS is what first lead me to take an interest
> >> in it -- the "E" in ELKS stands for "Embeddable."
> >
> >For those looking for a free, open source, embeddable OS, check out:
> >http://www.cygnus.com/ecos/
> >It does requi
I'm fairly excited about the plans to incorporate loadable device drivers
in ELKS. Unfortunately, after I thought about it, they STILL won't help
me get my HP 200LX booted. :(
The problem is that there is neither a floppy drive nor a hard disc on the
machine, which I believe ELKS requires to bo
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If you want an embedded system you could also go for a micro-controller from
the MCS51 family. It is time you UNIX bunnies realised that there is more
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