From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b3d48f5a743bc675 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin D. Condic" Subject: Re: How to boot only ADA Execution Software in 80x86? Date: 2000/02/22 Message-ID: <38B2AC31.F20E60F@quadruscorp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 588424925 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <88kmlm$69p$1@news.kari.re.kr> <38B16BC2.C22BE050@quadruscorp.com> <88scbu$9u4$1@ns3.arlut.utexas.edu> Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Sender: "Marin D. Condic" (Unverified) X-Server-Date: 22 Feb 2000 15:34:30 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-22T15:34:30+00:00 List-Id: Diana Webster wrote: > > This can be done if the system is running Linux, I believe. I did something > like this on a Sun Unix box. I put the executable call in the user's > ".cshrc". The only thing the user could do was come up in my executable > after he logged in. > That would be a little different than "boot" code. I got the impression that the original poster was interested in discarding the operating system all together and having the system bootstrap an executable from powerup. That is a little different sort of problem than having the OS automatically start a specific program at login time. I imagine only "Newcoming" can tell us what he/she meant - but that's why I was asking for a little more information. ;-) MDC -- ============================================================= Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - 1.800.555.3393 1015-116 Atlantic Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 http://www.quadruscorp.com/ m c o n d i c @ q u a d r u s c o r p . c o m ***PLEASE REMOVE THE "-NOSPAM" PART OF MY RETURN ADDRESS*** Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Because that's where they keep the money." -- Willie Sutton when asked why he robbed banks. =============================================================