Re: FAT and exec.c (was: elksfs status)

2000-02-13 Thread Mario Frasca
Alistair Riddoch wrote: > On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 09:11:08PM +0100, Mario Frasca wrote: > > > By the way, I tried to modify exec.c in order to have it look at the suid > > bit (I don't want to become root to run mount), but my modifications didn't > > cause any change. There is surely a mistake

FAT and exec.c (was: elksfs status)

2000-02-09 Thread Mario Frasca
Shadow Daemon wrote: > Personally, I think it would be more to ELKS's benefit, as far as > filesystem support goes, to concentrate on MSDOS FAT16 compatibility. is anyone working on this? It shouldn't be that difficult, that file system is extremely simple and rather well documented. As far as

Re: Dos Binary Compatibility WAS Re: elksfs status

2000-02-05 Thread David Murn
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Greg Haerr wrote: > Yes. I'm quite familiar with MSDOS EXE format and the current > code doesn't do anything near what's required. And even if it did, > there's the problem of having linking with a Linux8086 libc but producing > .exe files... I know. I guess someone obviou

Re: Dos Binary Compatibility WAS Re: elksfs status

2000-02-05 Thread Greg Haerr
: Basically, its simply a binary format handler, which simply processes the : exe header from a file, and claims that its valid or not. It was more an : excercise for me learning how to parse exe headers. Yes. I'm quite familiar with MSDOS EXE format and the current code doesn't do anything nea

Re: Dos Binary Compatibility WAS Re: elksfs status

2000-02-05 Thread David Murn
be used for putting an EXE header on a binary. > How compatible and with what versions of DOS? I dont think its compatible at all. I dont think it even works. > What is its current status and where is it going? Who is doing it? I dont think it was ever really seriously going. Feel fre

Re: Dos Binary Compatibility WAS Re: elksfs status

2000-02-04 Thread semjaza
I'd be interested in any information/documentation on the MSDOS binary compatibility in ELKS. What purpose does it serve in the project? How is it being accomplished? What could it be used for? How compatible and with what versions of DOS? What is its current status and where is it

Re: elksfs status

2000-02-04 Thread Shadow Daemon
Personally, I think it would be more to ELKS's benefit, as far as filesystem support goes, to concentrate on MSDOS FAT16 compatibility. Perhaps even a UMSDOS-like approach would be in order. Who is working on DOS binary compatibility? Is that still an active project? -matt balaun - - - - - -

elksfs status

2000-02-04 Thread Alistair Riddoch
A while ago someone, (I can't remember who) copied off the minixfs code into the elksfs directory to develop a new filesystem. Nothing has happened with this code for a while now, and as far as I am aware it currently doesn't do that minixfs does not do. It has also fallen behind the rest of the c

Re: list status?

1999-12-03 Thread Scott Dudley
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, Alistair Riddoch wrote: >> Is the linux-8086 list up? > >Seems to work fine as far as I can see. How long since you have had >anything from the list? About a week(?)... > >Al -- Regards, Scott Dudley

Re: list status?

1999-12-03 Thread Alistair Riddoch
Scott Dudley writes: > > > Is the linux-8086 list up? Seems to work fine as far as I can see. How long since you have had anything from the list? Al

list status?

1999-12-02 Thread Scott Dudley
Is the linux-8086 list up? -- Regards, Scott Dudley

Re: CVS Status?

1999-07-08 Thread Alistair Riddoch
Simon Wood writes: > > Hi Alistair, > I'm afraid you are going to have to baby talk me through the CVS stuff. For > the modules of the Gnome stuff the documentation says you do: > export CVSROOT = ':pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/gnome > cvs login (though only the first time!) >

Re: CVS Status?

1999-07-07 Thread Alistair Riddoch
Simon Wood writes: > > Hi all, > I've been reading up about how to use a CVS server... I think I ought to > have a go at the practical side of things. > > Is the Elks CVS server functioning and if so where is it? > I have finished sorting out the Makefiles based on the changes you sent me. I f

Re: CVS Status?

1999-07-07 Thread Alistair Riddoch
Simon Wood writes: > > Hi all, > I've been reading up about how to use a CVS server... I think I ought to > have a go at the practical side of things. > > Is the Elks CVS server functioning and if so where is it? > The CVS server is on elks.doa.org, which is not currently available at that add

CVS Status?

1999-07-07 Thread Simon Wood
Hi all, I've been reading up about how to use a CVS server... I think I ought to have a go at the practical side of things. Is the Elks CVS server functioning and if so where is it? Simon Wood Hardware Engineer Pace Micro Technology plc Victoria Road, Saltaire, Shipley West Yorkshire, BD18 3LF

Re: Status ?

1999-04-27 Thread Alistair Riddoch
Alistair Riddoch writes: > > Simon Weijgers writes: > > > > On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, David Murn wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Araujo, Isaque G. wrote: > > > > > > > The home page: http://www.uk.linux.org/ELKS-Home/index.html is outdated. > > > > > > http://elks.doa.org/ may have more up-t

Re: Status ?

1999-04-27 Thread Alistair Riddoch
Simon Weijgers writes: > > On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, David Murn wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Araujo, Isaque G. wrote: > > > > > The home page: http://www.uk.linux.org/ELKS-Home/index.html is outdated. > > > > http://elks.doa.org/ may have more up-to-date info, try there. > I'm afraid it's not

Re: Status ?

1999-04-27 Thread Simon Weijgers
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, David Murn wrote: > On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Araujo, Isaque G. wrote: > > > The home page: http://www.uk.linux.org/ELKS-Home/index.html is outdated. > > http://elks.doa.org/ may have more up-to-date info, try there. I'm afraid it's not online yet. I'll work on that very soon. M

Re: Status ?

1999-04-26 Thread David Murn
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Araujo, Isaque G. wrote: > The home page: http://www.uk.linux.org/ELKS-Home/index.html is outdated. http://elks.doa.org/ may have more up-to-date info, try there. Davey

Status ?

1999-04-26 Thread Araujo, Isaque G.
Hi, how is the status of the project ? What is the latest version ? The home page: http://www.uk.linux.org/ELKS-Home/index.html is outdated. Isaque.

Elks Current Status?

1999-02-07 Thread Larry Howard Mittman
I am new to the Elks Project. I have an AT&T PC6300 (8086 clone machine) that I would like to eventually network with my Linux machine. What is the current status of ELKs, how useful is it, and what do I need to do to implement it? I assume I have to at least compile the kernel, but what