begin quoting Darren New as of Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 12:31:37PM -0700: > Stewart Stremler wrote: > >I suspect any flavor of UNIX is better than any version of MSDOS. > > Depends on what you're doing, really. Software to drive custom devices > (like, say, configuring phone switches) is much easier when you don't > have to worry about interfacing with a kernel and all. If all you really > want is a single-user file system and a program loader, DOS (and CP/M) > works pretty well. :-)
In that case, I'd just go with a program loader that didn't have delusions of being an OS. (Or that would load an OS as one of the programs to load, to aid in configuration/debugging.) I'll concede that a linux-style OS for embedded systems may not be ideal. > Or, as one coworked once commented, "It doesn't have to be a fast > machine. One step up from a power supply would do." Heh. > ObUsefulContent: > > http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/05/143233 Hm. An ARM system? I think I need one.... -- No ARM machines yet. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
