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RE: LINUX newbie /RE: Java on strongArm or in linux? (freedows)

James,

Whoa! I thought you were goofing on me at first! :} Then I went to the site!
An international project developing a free universal OS. Thanks for turning
me onto it.

Re the thread on OS's, here's a quote from the site that sums up the
FREEDOWS Project...

"Freedows will be based on the "Cache Kernel" design
developed by researchers at Stanford University. This design
will be utilized to create an OS that is able to run
applications from many different OSes, even those based on
completely different processors and hardware, like the
Macintosh or Amiga. Through the use of "application kernels,"
Freedows will be able to provide dynamically loaded,
on-the-fly OS support. Much as your Internet browser can use
plug-ins to view different types of files, Freedows will be able
to have Application Kernels plugged in to provide additional
OS support.

"In our final release, planned for sometime in 1998, we will
include full Windows 16- and 32-bit emulation. This will
include both support for Windows 95 applications and for
Windows NT applications. Additionally, we will also provide
support for DOS applications, likely through a port of
FreeDOS. Future plans include a Linux AK in Freedows 1.2
(1999) and MacOS in Freedows 2.0 (2000). In addition, classic
systems, such as the Commodore 64 and Tandy CoCo will
also have emulations available under Freedows."

I'm going to follow its progress. I'll keep anyone intercede posted. There
is a LIST as well --
mailto:
Message Body: SUBSCRIBE FREEDOWS

Anyone on the wear-hard List involved?

PK
-----Original Message-----
From: James R. Hall [mailto:]
Sent: June 3, 1998 4:34 PM
To: ; 
Subject: Re: LINUX newbie /RE: Java on strongArm or in linux? (freedows)

there is an os in development that says its going for multi-os support in 1
os, www.freedows.org
do a search for alternative os's on yahoo

     -James, N9XLC
     -

-----Original Message-----
From: newbreed <>
To:  <>
Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: LINUX newbie /RE: Java on strongArm or in linux?

>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 
>[mailto:]On Behalf Of R. Paul McCarty
>Sent: June 3, 1998 6:53 AM
>To: 
>Subject: Re: LINUX newbie /RE: Java on strongArm or in linux?
>
>
>Ashley Clark wrote:
>>
>> > 100M.  Caveat: I believe you need a primary partition to install linux.
>> > If each of your os's is using a primary partition, you should have room
>> > for one more (IOW: you have three primary partitions and an ide disk
can
>> > have up to 4). There are several options for booting linux, so that
>> > shouldn't be a problem for you (i.e. loadlin.exe to boot linux from
>> > dos/win, lilo, whatever boot manager you are using).
>>
>> I'm not sure about OS/2's boot manager or system commander but if you use
>LILO
>> as your MBR you can boot off of any partition, primary or extended.  I
>believe
>> (correct me if I am wrong) that at least OS/2's boot manager allows the
>same.
>>
>> Ashley Clark
>
>Maybe.  I never tried it.  I just remember somewhere in the install it
>tells you you need a primary partition to install linux in.  But it may
>be assuming you don't have a boot manager.
>
>-Paul McCarty
>
>
>[PK] There are no partitions on my system. DOS, WIN 3.1 and WIN95 are all
on
>the one drive, C: Directory. The boot mgr is really just the 'Windows 95
>Start-up Menu'. There are a list of options from 1. to... including
starting
>in DOS or WIN95 (DEFAULT). From *within* Win95 I can go to DOS or run any
>DOS or WIN3.1 application. If I remember right, this came about because
>originally when I received the P-150 SCSI system, it had WIN95 (with its
>scaled down DOS 7 version). But the original DOS 6.x had been deleted after
>the WIN95 install. However I needed the full DOS 6.x. So we then
>re-installed the old DOS after WIN95. Then we added WIN 3.1. It was a bit
>tricky but it worked. Now within WIN95 I can run any DOS based or WIN 3.1
VR
>app and return to the 95 desktop when I exit the app.
>
>I'm probably pushing it with the idea of adding LINUX now. But I've always
>thought  though that a "computer" should be universal by being multi-OS
>capable... be-it BEOS, WIN, DOS, Apple's System 8 or a brand of UNIX. I
>suspect getting to the wearable computing stage may lead ultimately to some
>sort of universality in personal computing. I guess that's my brand of
>politech. =;]
>
>Paul K.
>NEWBREED
>
>

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