Comments on: An OS that loads from chips http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips scratched tallies on the prison wall Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:47:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: as days pass by » Putting the OS in ROM http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips/comment-page-1#comment-13053 as days pass by » Putting the OS in ROM Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:06:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips#comment-13053 [...] A few days ago I noted that an Acorn Electron booted from ROM which was fast, and that someone seemed to have rediscovered the technique. Is there any reason why someone couldn’t build a computer with Linux in ROM rather than on disc, so it booted really really quickly? You’d need some kind of flash memory thing so you could update it with new kernels or something, I accept, but would it work? I don’t know enough about the kernel and surrounding low-level OS stuff to know whether too much of it needs to be writable while it’s working. [...] [...] A few days ago I noted that an Acorn Electron booted from ROM which was fast, and that someone seemed to have rediscovered the technique. Is there any reason why someone couldn’t build a computer with Linux in ROM rather than on disc, so it booted really really quickly? You’d need some kind of flash memory thing so you could update it with new kernels or something, I accept, but would it work? I don’t know enough about the kernel and surrounding low-level OS stuff to know whether too much of it needs to be writable while it’s working. [...]

]]> By: Paul Nolan http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips/comment-page-1#comment-12863 Paul Nolan Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:02:16 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips#comment-12863 Fair 'nuff (for some reason I mentally inserted an 'it' between 'kept' and 'up' :) Fair ’nuff (for some reason I mentally inserted an ‘it’ between ‘kept’ and ‘up’ :)

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips/comment-page-1#comment-12861 sil Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:46:35 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips#comment-12861 ah, I didn't say that I wished it was still going. I said I wished it had kept up... ah, I didn’t say that I wished it was still going. I said I wished it had kept up…

]]> By: Paul Nolan http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips/comment-page-1#comment-12860 Paul Nolan Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:12:22 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips#comment-12860 Err Aq... it IS still going (when Acorn went under RISC OS Ltd. formed to carry it on. (I've got a post-Acorn RISC OS box under my desk) Err Aq… it IS still going (when Acorn went under RISC OS Ltd. formed to carry it on. (I’ve got a post-Acorn RISC OS box under my desk)

]]> By: barbobot http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips/comment-page-1#comment-12858 barbobot Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:26:17 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips#comment-12858 people are smrt! people are smrt!

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips/comment-page-1#comment-12856 sil Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:43:30 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips#comment-12856 I liked the RISC OS. I even liked the minimal OS you had on the BBCs. Wish it wasn't proprietary, and I wish it had kept up... I liked the RISC OS. I even liked the minimal OS you had on the BBCs. Wish it wasn’t proprietary, and I wish it had kept up…

]]> By: Drew http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips/comment-page-1#comment-12855 Drew Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:06:06 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips#comment-12855 Ah, those were the days. I remember upgrading three labs of Acorn A3000 computers from RISC OS2 to RISC OS3. I think it came on two chips, and start to finish took about 3 minutes per machine. Plus we made a nice sign for the wall using all the left over OS 2 chips. Ah, those were the days. I remember upgrading three labs of Acorn A3000 computers from RISC OS2 to RISC OS3. I think it came on two chips, and start to finish took about 3 minutes per machine.

Plus we made a nice sign for the wall using all the left over OS 2 chips.

]]> By: Paul Nolan http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips/comment-page-1#comment-12854 Paul Nolan Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:31:39 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/07/11/an-os-that-loads-from-chips#comment-12854 Acorn's are still doing that, too.. Acorn’s are still doing that, too..

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