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"No network or block device support at present, and no multi-core either, by the looks." The first versions of Linux I used did not have multi-core support and
by weinzierl 1y ago
"No network or block device support at present, and no multi-core either, by the looks."
The first versions of Linux I used did not have multi-core support and I can imagine a Linux without networking, but no block devices?
Does that mean just character devices? How does the FAT driver work then?
- brucehoult 1y agoIt supports a read-only boot drive, but other than that just tempfs -- just like running a LiveCD version of Ubuntu etc. Implementing those things is on the TODO list.
- bitwize 1y agoThe earliest versions of Linux were pretty much just a terminal emulator for the PC console. Gotta start somewhere! It looks like TILCK uses RAM images to provide FAT support, which is mainly used for initrd.