Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 15:19:47 +0200 From: Arnaud Installe <gmeb@ace.ulyssis.student.kuleuven.ac.be> To: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org Subject: enhancements to MILO Hello, I've patched up milo a bit to add a few features, which make it a bit more user-friendly IMHO. These are the changes to milo-2.0.35-0.1: * Added the concept of working directories and current device. So now you can `cd' to directories, and set the active device with `<dev>:'. Much easier than typing in these long path names over and over again ! :-) (Now milo's got about as much functionality as COMMAND.COM... ;-)) * Changed milo to follow symlinks, also if they're directories. This is the main advantage of symlinks over plain links, isn't it ? So now I can use a symlink from `linux' to the latest development tree, and I don't need to change /etc/milo.conf each time I upgrade my kernel. :-) * Now it's possible to page milo's output by adding `| milo' to the end of the command line. * Better handling of `;': no need to surround it with spaces any more. * Increased configurability: changes to Configure and config.in * Various changes to Makefile, with a smaller milo as main advantage. Also if you change anything in e.g fs/ things will automatically be rebuilt properly. * Milo now has a version number, which shows up in /proc/cpuinfo (which milo was I using again ? ;-)) * Corrected a memory fault where milo hung when parsing an unknown device * Have milo report a memory fault instead of just sitting there. (Don't know if the report is correct, but it's nice to be able to reboot afterwards...) * When setting up devices display an additional `.' each second. Before milo only would display a `.' when outputting something. * Removed command reset: it didn't do anything anyway (for non-NVRAM systems). * Corrected a memory fault for read. (It tried to determine `strlen (readdev)' with readdev == 0.) Also changed the behaviour of `read' to view a screenful at a time. * Added the possibility to specify a device (e.g. sda3) in /etc/milo.conf, so that the kernel doesn't need to be on the same device. If anyone wants to try them out, they can be found on: http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~installe/milo.diff The patches are against Nikita's milo-2.0.35-0.1.tar.gz. Any comments, suggestions, ... welcome. Arnaud -- Arnaud Installe arnaud.installe@advalvas.be No man can have a reasonable opinion of women until he has long lost interest in hair restorers. -- Austin O'Malley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-alpha-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org