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Posted 02 April 2012 - 08:03 AM
The titles basically it i mainly want to know how to make the OS for my terminals and be able to copy from my floppy holding the OS. So if this can be answered in a timely manor please do
-Thanks Nitebomber51
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 08:29 AM
Hm, to copy a program from a floppy, type in 'copy disk/(program) /(program)' That will copy it :)/>/> As for an OS, that is very complicated and uses startup files and other files and stuff…
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 09:37 AM
ok so you're saying that say i have a file called thingys on a floppy to put it onto the root of the terminal i just type in "copy disk thingys" and i can just type in thingys at the root menu and it will start up?
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 09:58 AM
If you want to run a program from the disk just type disk/(program) and list disk for programs on the disk
With the OS: Start with a startup file. It get's loaded as soon as the computer boots. A good startup is the base of all OSes
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 10:31 AM
well i got the startup down-pat i set up door lock systems and buildcraft things with it. What i really want to know is what do i need and how long would it take to make the os?
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 11:00 AM
ok so you're saying that say i have a file called thingys on a floppy to put it onto the root of the terminal i just type in "copy disk thingys" and i can just type in thingys at the root menu and it will start up?
No, type 'copy disk/thingys /thingys'.
To split it up it is,
Copy - this is the program
disk/thingys - the drive and file name
/thingys - / means the computer's drive and thingys means the filename. If the filenames don't match, it will make a folder and put it in it.
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 11:45 AM
ok so you're saying that say i have a file called thingys on a floppy to put it onto the root of the terminal i just type in "copy disk thingys" and i can just type in thingys at the root menu and it will start up?
No, type 'copy disk/thingys /thingys'.
To split it up it is,
Copy - this is the program
disk/thingys - the drive and file name
/thingys - / means the computer's drive and thingys means the filename. If the filenames don't match, it will make a folder and put it in it.
thanks for that i feel like a noob