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On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 07:48:11PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
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> I would say that nowadays things like:
>
> - Mounting filesystems
> - Configuring networking
> - Configuring consoles
> - Launching daemons for different services
> - Offering logins
>
> are all part fo what I consider "system initialisation". Obviously, if
> you have exactly one filesystem, no networking, exactly one console,
> no daemon to run, and you don't mind using the system as "root", then
> initialisation can be reduces to 12 lines of code which run a
> shell. But then why on earth do yo need a multiuser-multiprogrammed
> operating system? you'd be better off using DOS...


You'd still be better off than DOS, having a usable shell and a better
file system.

Do you forget how bad DOS was?

-- hendrik

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