On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Alistair Riddoch wrote:
> > I imagine adding msdos filesystem support
> > we be the first step... Then a loadlin sort
> > of thing.
>
> Steffen Gabel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has a package on his homepage that
> loads elks from msdos
>
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/4535/
>
> but it requires an image of low memory obtained by booting with a floppy
> which obviously cannot be done on this machine. You may be able to find a
> way to get the loader to work without such an image. Have a look at the
> code and see what it does.
yes, I've been looking at that some
> MD-DOS filesystem support would be more tricky as there is no support in
> the kernel for this yet. Whould it be possible to overwrite the flash disk
> with an elks filesystem, or even blow a new ROM image with ELKS on it
> instead of DOS?
It's set up as 2 disks, a read-only A: drive (with command.com and
friends) and a read-write B: drive. It might well be possible to
put a different FS on all (or better) part of B:.
I was thinking it would be nice to create a filesystem which
would look like a regular (large) file under dos. You could
create it elsewhere, then download it in one chunk.
Once you start talking about blowing a new rom, I'm inclined to
think you may as well look at other boards that are out there.
(Not that I'm any expert on this topic.)
The advantage of the v25 flashlite is that it's a $100 machine
that has a bios, runs runs dos 8086 things--and would be easy
for many people to get running w/out a rom burner or specialized
know-how.
-reed
