XPost: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, alt.os.linux   
   From: co@nospam.orelse.fem.be   
      
   Ben van de Echte wrote:   
   > "Ochal Christophe"  wrote in message   
   > news:pvSdncPXWbxfY-HcRVnyvQ@scarlet.biz...   
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   >>Ben van de Echte wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>"Ochal Christophe"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:SfidnYC1SKRRIOncRVnyrw@scarlet.biz...   
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   >>>>You would need to use RAD: or RAM: to expand the rest of the OS too, like   
   >>>>QNX does IIRC, the same for DOS & dos based browsers, i know, because   
   >>>>i've done these things for my work (got a bootcd that boots in DOS, but   
   >>>>has access to ftp & www aswell as networkshares, oh, and it reads NTFS   
   >>>>too (Read Only tho, for some reason the write enabled ntfsdos kept   
   >>>>crashing)   
   >>>>   
   >>>>There are afew decent resources available on the 'net for this   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>Well it's piss easy to do on a PC, because I have booted DOS graphical   
   >>>browsers from a single disk that even work on a stock 640k XT. I couldn't   
   >>>find an Amiga graphical browser and suitable dialer that could be   
   >>>squeezed onto a single DD floppy so it isn't easy, if it is possible at   
   >>>all.   
   >>   
   >>It's only piss easy if you use a prefab disk image :P   
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   >   
   > The DOS ones don't need a prefab disk image, just a bootable disk (format a:   
   > /s and then the program files)   
      
   Wich ones are you refurring to then, the ones i used/tested were a   
   bitches to get on a disk, well, the browsers were painless, squeezing   
   TCP/IP on the same disk wasn't as painless. not to mention having it   
   work over ethernet.   
      
   >>As for the miggy. the issue isn't somuch finding the tools, but squeezing   
   >>them on a disk, DD is to small for this both on PC & Amiga   
   >   
   >   
   > My XT had a high density floppy controller card so 1.44mb was plenty ;-)   
      
   I'm so glad disks are a thing of the past :D   
      
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