Date:  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:45:42 -0400
From:  madodelatptdprolog.net
Subject:  [VOICENWS] eCS: eComStation BootCD for public testing

From: "Roderick Klein" <rwkleinatmensys.nl> 

eComStation BootCD Testtrack

Hard work is being done on the next release of eComStation, eCS 1.1. One
of the things where big changes are being put in place is the bootprocess.
The new system that has been developed creates a RAM drive before
eComStation starts. Then 2 diskette images are unpacked to the RAM drive.
You will get a preboot menu (multipage) in which you will be able to
select the required drivers for your system to boot. 

You can also load a driver from a diskette that is copied to the RAM drive
with which you will be able to boot eCS. This will mean that if your
system supports booting from CD you should in most cases have no need to
create bootdiskettes anymore. This new boot system requires testing by a
big group of users.

When booted from CD you will get a pmshell (blue background) with a
command line. You need to have at least 32 MB of ram in your computer for
this CD to work.

You can use the CD on any system since it will not write data to harddisk.

Please note only registered eComStation users will be able to download
this track (its about 10 MB in size).  

To get it, please login at www.ecomstation.com and login with your userid
and password as usual.

Two other options that require testing are MiniLVM and a new PMFormat. Its
strongly advised that you are careful with these tools since they can
erase or corrupt the data on your harddrive. So booting from CD is
harmless, however be careful with these tools. The tools can be found in
\ecs\install on the boot CD. 


Please do NOT send bug reports to us via email. We have put a web frontend
where you can report any problems you have encountered. To access this,
please login to www.ecomstation.com and select the BugTracker menu option.
When filing a report to the BugTracker, please take note of the guidelines
in the accompanying project documentation. You may want to print that
information for reference.



Thank you all for your cooperation



  -> URL: www.ecomstation.com


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