On FAT try the following for long filenames: kernel
(hdX,X)/progra~1/jos/mykern~1.img
"Todd L.
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rford.edu> Subject: Re: [JOS-Kernel] how to use
init.class ?
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06-09-2000
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> I've tried to install JOS this weekend and could not understand how
> to use init.class to load an application.
Mostly because it doesn't -- it's not complete. 'init' is named
that more because it's the first process to start and the last to die,
rather than for any similarity between it and linux/unix init.
> Apparently it starts, initializes console and kbd drivers and then
> goes into an infinite loop (according to javap -c ). It does not seem
> to look into any inittab file.
You're dead on. However, that is all that init does. (The
infinite loop is to prevent the scheduler from exiting because there
aren't any active threads. When we complete the system, I intend to put a
call to idleprocessing() or something similar there.) We need harddrive
and filesystem drivers before init can use an inittab-style
scheme. (Should probably be XML, IMHO...)
> Also: of a FAT filesystem grub refuses to load jjos-grub because
> of its long name. Does it make sense in future releases to use
> name like jjos.bin or jjos.gb (Grub Binary) ?
Hadn't thought about that. jjosgrub is short enough, yes? Thanks
for trying things out, by the way.
-_Quinn
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