From owner-freebsd-small Tue Jul 25 12:31:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.eznet.net (mail2-old.eznet.net [207.50.128.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9FB0A37B925 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:31:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from progress@eznet.net) Received: (qmail 28875 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2000 19:31:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shell1.eznet.net) (207.50.128.10) by vmail.eznet.net with SMTP; 25 Jul 2000 19:31:29 -0000 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:31:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Future Beacon To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TinyBSD kit progress report In-Reply-To: <397D88A0.9F69ACAE@freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm new to the group. Where do I go to find out which programs and functions are included in the current draft of TinyBSD? I am looking for a way to get a version that only has text-mode video, a keyboard driver, 3.5" floppy, access to all of RAM, and the ability to run other programs if they are present. I don't networking or a modem. The hard disk drive does not need to be involved except possibly to make a floppy from a downloaded file. If NASM is included, can it be simply placed on the disk the way you would do it in DOS, or do you have to remake the whole thing? I do need an assembler and an editor. If there has been any difficulty getting what you want small enough, let me assure you that there are important applications for what I have described. The machine-control industries, including robotics need a much smaller operating system than Unix or Windows. That's also true of the chemical process industries. Thank you for your help. Jim Trek Future Beacon Technology http://eznet.net/~progress progress@eznet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message