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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