Re: EPROMS on 3com 509 cards
>Hello, > >Does anyone have an idea of witch EPROM's are compatible with the 3com >509bCombo NIC for use in the boot prom slot ??? > >Cheers >G It will take 8kB, 16kB or 32kB (2764, 27128, 27256). Usually you will see a C after 27, that means CMOS == lower current consumption.
Boot from SRAM?
Sorry if I'm asking a question that's been dealt with before. I'm unaware of any archive for this list. Does anyone have an idea of whether it would be possible, and if so how I would go about it, to boot from an SRAM card? I have an old Sharp PC-3100 palmtop running DOS 3. in ROM that I'd like to try to use with Linux 8086. The PC can supposedly boot off an SRAM card. Failing that, what about booting off DOS 3.3 and then using loadlin to boot Linux? I guess I still need to be able to format the SRAM card, or a 10 MB flash RAM card I have, with the ext2 filesystem. I also have a floppy drive, but it is connected via the parallel port and uses a DOS driver to be seen. -- Stewart Midwinter midtoad at home.com (alternate: midtoad at iprimus.ca) Visit http://midtoad.web.com
Re: Dos Binary Compatibility WAS Re: elksfs status
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 obviously missed the word 'joke' distributed throughout my email. Now I know how k&r felt when people took C seriously. Davey
Re: Dos Binary Compatibility WAS Re: elksfs status
: 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 near what's required. And even if it did, there's the problem of having linking with a Linux8086 libc but producing .exe files... Greg
Re: Dos Binary Compatibility WAS Re: elksfs status
On 4 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd be interested in any information/documentation on the MSDOS binary > compatibility in ELKS. Oh god, is that still there? I put it in as a joke 2 years ago :) > What purpose does it serve in the project? For the project, it had no real purpose. > How is it being accomplished? 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. > What could it be used for? It can basically 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 free to develop it further if you wish. You wont really be able to run applications properly in there anyway, without modifications to the kernel anyway. Davey
