4MB before RAM is too big, John. :-(
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Lewis G Rosenthal
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:37:41 +0100 John Poltorak <jp@warpix.org> wrote:
>I never saw the original reply - don't know why...
>
>On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 07:35:54PM -0400, madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
>> Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> said:
>>
>> >You'd need to squeeze the OS/2 install down quite a bit. From where I
>> >sit, that's the biggest problem, John. Check out the size of one of the
>> >embedded Linux distros...
>>
>> >I know that OS/2 has been used in embedded apps before, but I doubt
that
>> >the installs have been that small.
>
>You are joking!
>
>I can boot OS/2 from a floppy disk. I can have a networking system in 4MB.
>
>OS/2 is *extremely* flexible and configurable. What it lacks is driver
>support for odd bits of hardware like ADSL NICs, although it probably
>doesn't have support for protocols that run over ADSL like PPoA or
>whatever is used, but as far as embedding OS/2, I don't see any reason why
>it wouldn't work. One day I hope to have it installed on a Disk On Chip.
>
>--
>John
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