Subject: Re: Fully-discless booting
To: Gavan Fantom <gavan@coolfactor.org>
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
List: port-arm26
Date: 07/31/2000 11:09:00
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Gavan Fantom wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Ben Harris wrote:
> 
> > > That would be very useful indeed, even for those who want to use RISC OS
> > > on a mixed RISC OS/UNIX network.
> > 
> > *grin* There is a _reason_ I haven't released that code (much).  As a
> > general file server, it's appalling.  It just happens to have enough
> > features to be bootable-from.  It can't currently handle multiple users or
> > writing to files, for instance.
> 
> I bet it'd still be fun to play with. ;-)
> 
> Seriously though, I bet it would be useful for people trying to get better
> Internet software onto RISC OS machines. I know I've been stung by the
> lack of floppy discs around here before.

That's a good point.  It's certainly good enough for general file
transfer.  Anyway, I'll sort out a useful public version soon.  Working
out where all the RAM on a 4Mb system is going is a higher priority for
now.

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Ben Harris                                                   <bjh21@netbsd.org>
Portmaster, NetBSD/arm26               <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm26/>