Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:56:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Marc Nicholas <marc@hippocampus.net>, Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: picobsd on 386 (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980629205400.1750B-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199806291632.JAA00514@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Mike Smith wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Andrzej Bialecki wrote:
> >
> > > Anyway, I must admit it surprises me a bit :-) I thought it would take
> > > significant amount of hacking to achieve this, and it seems we're that
> > > close -><-. I put much hope in writing custom init(8), and getting rid of
> > > the shell - instead writing specialized UI. This could fly in 4MB...
> >
> > I'd probably be willing to donate some resources to hacking-out a
> > specialized init as my application really doesn't need a shell either.
>
> You might want to look at what the GnatBox folks have done
> (www.gnatbox.com), as this is probably a long way towards what you're
> looking at.
Yes, I saw their product, and it's neat. But it doesn't mean that
developing picobsd isn't a goal worth to pursue ... :-)
Andrzej Bialecki
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