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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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: "Diana Webster" Subject: Re: How to boot only ADA Execution Software in 80x86? Date: 2000/02/21 Message-ID: <88scbu$9u4$1@ns3.arlut.utexas.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 588126613 References: <88kmlm$69p$1@news.kari.re.kr> <38B16BC2.C22BE050@quadruscorp.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: news@arlut.utexas.edu X-Trace: ns3.arlut.utexas.edu 951170238 10180 129.116.128.43 (21 Feb 2000 21:57:18 GMT) Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Feb 2000 21:57:18 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-21T21:57:18+00:00 List-Id: 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. Marin D. Condic wrote in message news:38B16BC2.C22BE050@quadruscorp.com... > Newcoming wrote: > > > > Hi. I am a novice in ADA language. > > I have a question about OS operations of ADA. > > I would like to boot only ADA Execution Code in 80x86 system. > > Yes, Just ADA stand alone system. > > If you know the methods, or reference books, or EM(Engineer > > Memo), please let me know. I would be happy. > > Please email to me however you know the things little. > > That would be very helpful to me. Thanks. > > > This is going to be extremely compiler and environment dependent. You > first need to be using a compiler that will produce embeddable code. It > has to have its own runtime environment and make no use of operating > system features. I know Aonix was selling something like this, as are a > number of other compiler manufacturers. Which compiler are you using? > > From there, you need to be a little more specific about your 80x86 > system. Are you talking about a basic, standard issue PC with a hard > disk and you want to put a program on the disk which will be loaded at > powerup? Or is this a bare board 80x86 wherein you have some sort of > PROM you load up with your software and boot from there? > > This sort of problem is difficult to answer without a lot of specifics > about your system. If you provide a little more info, you will likely > find more help here. > > 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. > =============================================================