This sounds insanely great! Have you looked at working to do some sort of
a merge between this and ELKS? I think it would be a tremendous boon to
ELKS if it could run DOS programs, and the code is already there under GPL
in FreeDOS. If/when you distirbute it, please post source as well as the
binaries.
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Michael Strates wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I've given up on waiting for the Linux/8086 source code to get to a stage
> where it is usable, and hence have attempted to hack up the source of good
> ol freedos to resemble linux.
>
> I can now boot up a small shell I called lash (limited ash), run some
> basic commands on the EDFS (extended dos file system) and EVEN connect the
> system to my bigger linux box using a modified tinytcp driver, and ping. I
> even have coded a very, very, very basic NFS which is very, very buggy
> telnet which I can sort of use my linux system through although it crashes
> frequently.
>
> Can I do this in ELKS? Does ELKS have reliable floppy support? In DOSBell,
> I can do the following:
>
>
> # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
> edfs: 360kb floppy; last checked 01/14/1999
> # cd /mnt
> # ls
> [utils] chickens.txt
> dogusmogus.gz dosbell-man.txt
> fruitloops.tar.gz dd.c
> # df
> Filesys. Size Used Avail Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 024M 022M 002M /
> /dev/fd0 360K 320K 040K /mnt
> # telnet biggerkitty
> Checking /etc/hosts for IP Address... found
> Opening TCP Connection to 192.168.10.21... connected
>
> Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 biggerkitty.mlug.org.au
>
> biggerkitty login: mstrates
>
>
> You get the picture. I'm nearly ready to post some binaries out, so don't
> ask for availability. Its very unstable, and multitasking isn't really
> working yet. And, as a bonus, it can run DOS programs.
>
> --
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> "Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned
> skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return."
> - Leonardo da Vinci, and below an extract from John Fogerty's song:
> Hey, Tonight - Gonna be tonight- Don't you know I'm flyin'- Tonight
>
> # If you want to go up, pull back on the yoke.
> # If you want to go down, pull back a little more.
> # If you want to go down real fast and spin around and around and
> around, just keep pulling back. -Aviation Proverb
>
>
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