0.1.3 is here, added a device called :bs that can be read using echo. Spews out random BS that forms a phrase that looks like a technology of some kind.TroyMartin wrote:Hi, and thanks for viewing this announcement for TBOS32. I've been working on this release for 16 days, and I've finally got it up and running enough to release this pre-alpha. As it is a pre-alpha, I haven't gotten around to working out the minor bugs and compile-time warnings (will be fixed next release), but it is stable and usable. Feel free to try putting more text files in the initrd and reading them using the shell's cat command.
In 0.1.4, I plan on switching from ext2 to FAT for the floppy image, as well as using mtools instead of losetup and loopback hell.
Accessing the initrd in the shell:
Accessing the initrd is easy: the drive is specified using "initrd:", then the root directory "/", and finally a filename. Directory support will not be added to the initrd for simplification reasons. A quick list of files in the initrd can be generated via "echo initrd:/" or a more complex one via "ls initrd:/". The "cat" command can be used to display text files like a simple implementation of *nix "cat" with the syntax "cat initrd:/filename". Filenames and drive names are case sensitive, and are up to 55 characters long.
Download Link: http://code.google.com/p/tbos32/downloa ... -0.1.3.zip
--Troy
PS: I'd like to keep this thread unlocked for as long as possible; no flaming me for my lack of malloc or whatever.
. I might try it out soon.
