linux is not resurrectable after a forced power-off. I want an OS that
_can_handle_that_. I don't know about you guys, but this is a BIG ISSUE to me
(recoverability).
if your filesystem and OS is blotto after such an event, or you can't fix your
filesystem in case of catastrophe, what good is that? you have lost all your
precious data, and you have to reinstall your OS to boot (no pun intended).
I don't mind telling the OS to shutdown. everybody does that nowadays. I
wouldn't even mind a shutdown command (hey, it's dos-ish).
>________________________________
>From: Decheng Fan <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] Freedos and lack of drivers
>
>
>
>
>On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Steve Nickolas
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>On Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Andreas Berger wrote:
>>
>>> Writing a multitasker is easy, but I have no understanding about how
>>> DPMI, rings and resource allocation work. I think the idea of a
>>> bare-bone linux behind the scene is a very good. Truth be told I would
>>> like to see OS/2 resurrected with true DOS windows.
>>
>>A free OS/2 clone would really be nice. And the DOS personality could be
>>implemented by FreeDOS code (plus the OS/2 side of the DOS command stuff
>>in c:\os2).
>>
>>-uso.
>>
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>Really fills the open source market. I mean, FreeDOS fills the DOS position,
>ReactOS maps on to the NT, and then another project for OS/2. Maybe...
>
>For multitasking, I two situations: 1. do it in real mode. 2. do it in V86
>mode. For V86 (virtual 8086) mode, a minimal Linux + DOSEmu sounds the best
>solution to me, because although it requires a Linux, as we have modern
>machines with ample RAM (for DOS and a minimal Linux, at least) and ample hard
>disk space, and these two are ready stuff, there is really no need to bother
>other solutions.
>
>--
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