> Surely the point of ELKS is that it's an *embedded* Linux system
> (routers, settop boxen, etc), so even if multi-user is a possibility,
> it's not a major design feature, eh? And if we're sticking the netstack
> in userspace, this re-enforces the principle that "C2 compliant"
> multi-user envi
On Monday, June 07, 1999 8:43 AM, Thor Harald Johansen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
: > No without a special added hardware. The I8086, 8088, 80188, 80186
: > have no memory protection implemented. First chip from Intel which
: > has memory protection is 80286 as I know.
:
: If this is correct
> -Original Message-
>> No without a special added hardware. The I8086, 8088, 80188, 80186
>> have no memory protection implemented. First chip from Intel which
>> has memory protection is 80286 as I know.
>
> If this is correct, the users in ELKS are just symbolic. Any
> program can do wh
> No without a special added hardware. The I8086, 8088, 80188, 80186
> have no memory protection implemented. First chip from Intel which
> has memory protection is 80286 as I know.
If this is correct, the users in ELKS are just symbolic. Any program can do
what it wants, and every user with a pr
Thor Harald Johansen wrote:
>
> > The Psion 3a have a simple memory protection of a range of address that
> the
> > program may write to, if a write outside these is attempted then an
> > interrupt is trigger - I will probably attempt to use this once I have
> code.
> > However it is possible for
> Well, can memory be protected at all on an 8086?
No without a special added hardware. The I8086, 8088, 80188, 80186
have no memory protection implemented. First chip from Intel which
has memory protection is 80286 as I know.
Radek Hnilica
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> The Psion 3a have a simple memory protection of a range of address that
the
> program may write to, if a write outside these is attempted then an
> interrupt is trigger - I will probably attempt to use this once I have
code.
> However it is possible for a malicious program (i.e. the stuff I have
> But seriously... I'm wanting to get my C skills back into shape. Can
anyone
> think of a good program to port? Maybe "ed" wouldn't be such a bad
start... or
> maybe some old games from Slackware's Y package...
'ed' already exists for ELKS.
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Hi Thor.
>> Depends on the shell you're using - I believe sash doesn't
>> implement pipes yet, but I'm not sure about any other shells...
> There are other shells?
I have heard rumours that there's a version of ksh working for ELKS,
but I've never managed to track it down...
Other than that
> Pico would be great, but is is part of Pine, the email program so it
> wouldn't be as easy to port as you might think. But It would probably be
> doable. I always use pico myself.
Tell me of another editor. :)
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> Yes. Get the 'combo' disk image in the images.zip file.
Can this image be used with the ELKS booter for DOS?
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> Pico is suprisngly large, it would probably be a lot more sensible to use
> a much smaller editor with more limited functionality.
Okay. Point out one that works!
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> levee comes with the elkscmd package.
Do I just type 'leevee' after installing the package?
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Thor Harald Johansen wrote:
> Oh, by the way, the standard shell, is it very poor compared to other
> shells?
Actually, it's not, if you look at all it's doing. Sash as a shell is
very basic, but internal to that one executable are a LOT of prorgams.
>From small programs suc
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Thor Harald Johansen wrote:
> Okay. I need a reasonably good text editor. Point me to one, please. ;)
levee comes with the elkscmd package.
Davey
> Afaik pico is small enough. You can give it a try.
Hm...someone claims it uses things that are not implemented in ELKS yet.
> Yes. Use ash.
Where do I get it?
Oh, by the way, the standard shell, is it very poor compared to other
shells? Can I make ELKS boot from ONE disk instead of a boot +
> Depends on the shell you're using - I believe sash doesn't implement
> pipes yet, but I'm not sure about the other shells...
There are other shells?
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> Why on earth do you want pico? Apart from the fact that there's probably
> not enough tty support in the kernel yet, the Linux binary is 440k
> (without libc, ELKS needs to be static). So the answer is no, unless you
> remove all the functionality.
Okay. I need a reasonably good text editor.
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