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From: ronald@csuchico.EDU (Ronald Cole)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch
Subject: Re: Jerry Pournelle on UNIX (From BYTE)
Message-ID: <998@csuchico.EDU>
Date: 13 Jan 88 08:18:36 GMT
References: <1495@osiris.UUCP> <2126@haddock.ISC.COM>
Reply-To: ronald@csuchico.UUCP (Ronald Cole, faculty)
Organization: California State University, Chico
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Keywords: dig dis !

In article <2126@haddock.ISC.COM> eli@haddock.ima.isc.com (Elias Israel) writes:
>The idea about putting it [the Unix kernel] into ROM is interesting, though;
>I've heard it expressed before. It certainly would be nifty to boot up a
>machine in only a few seconds.

The HP Integrated Personal Computer I had an opportunity to play with had the
kernel and the root file system in ROM.  I am sure that the code was copied to
RAM before the kernel started executing, though.  Very fast booting.

>Besides, wouldn't it be nice to have a root file system that you *couldn't*
>trash?

Ah, the only gripe I had with the machine was that I couldn't (I might not
have had enough of the documentation to figure it out, anyway) make it boot
from the 7908 hard drive I had connected to the HPIB port on the back.

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