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   From: "Allan"    
      
   On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:00:55 UTC, Peter Flass  wrote:    
   >    
   > What's the story with OS/4?  It seems to be something of a stealth    
   > project.    
      
   You could say that :-)   
   OS/4 project have already created a new OS2LDR (I just call it for OS4LDR   
   to diff it from IBM's) from their own sources. It has many bugfixes and   
   enhancement   
   over IBM's version.   
   OS/4 kernel is an attempt to rewrite IBMs kernel too, to make it possible   
   to fix the bugz there, and also enhance it further.   
   OS/4 is a project of a small group of developers, and is currently closed   
   source.   
   See:   
   http://www.os4.su   
   It can be downloaded from ftp.os4.su   
   (The filename changes often, but here is current full URL)   
   ftp://ftp.os4.su/os2krnlSVN2846_unoff.zip   
      
   > Is it related to OSFree?   
   No, OSFree is a completely different project.   
   OSFree project tries to build a new OS/2 system from scratch, using   
   L4 microkernel. It is completely OpenSource.   
   FreeLDR is part of this project, and this is actually a BootManager,   
   that is able to load and start almost any OS on any filesystem.   
   It uses its own uFSD to overcome bugs and missing features in various    
   OS implementations. Ex, it can boot eCS on FAT32, or JFS on SCSI   
   servers, which eCS can't do.   
   FreeLDR is still in pre-alpha level, though.   
   See   
   http://www.osfree.org   
      
   --    
     Allan.   
   It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,   
   than to open it, and remove all doubt.On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:00:55 UTC, Peter   
   Flass  wrote:    
      
      
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
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