FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: openBeOS file permissions

[Kevin Czapla <czapla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, William

Your mistaken impression that OpenBeOS runs (or will run) under Windows may
be attributable to your having read at some point about BeOS R5 Personal
Edition, a version of the Be Operating System released by Be, Incorporated
near the end of its corporate life.

This version permitted the user to install the Be Operating System within a
single folder on a Windows hard disk partition. The installation routine
created a shortcut icon on the Windows desktop to a Windows application that
would start BeOS. 

So you would boot into Windows as usual, and when you wanted to start BeOS
you would double-click that shortcut icon. That would start up a Windows
application whose first order of business was to shut down Windows and
reboot the computer into the BeOS. Very slick.

This version of the BeOS was distributed free of charge by Be, Incorporated.
It is still available for free download at BeBits at this address:
http://www.bebits.com/app/2680

Once you have installed BeOS R5 PE on your Windows partition, and have
booted into BeOS (on some occasion), you may run the BeOS Installer program
for the purpose of creating a "proper" installation of the BeOS on a hard
disk partition of its own. During this "proper" installation you will be
given an opportunity to install (on the MBR) and configure the boot manager
program for BeOS, known as bootman. This will enable you to select and boot
into either Windows or BeOS (directly) at startup time.

At BeBits you will also find a version of BeOS R5 PE that is intended to be
installed on an existing Linux partition, rather than a Windows partition.
Perhaps you would prefer that. Either way, it's a great way to obtain and
start using the BeOS now.

If you find yourself hungering for basic instructions and tips and tricks
for the BeOS, get yourself a copy of the BeOS Bible by Scot Hacker. This
classic tome is indispensable. Look for it at Amazon.com, or better yet,
search eBay using the string "BeOS Guide". You should be able to pick up a
brand new copy on eBay from Half Price Computer Books (an eBay seller with
numerous copies of the Bible in stock) for about $10.

Welcome to the BeOS. I just made its acquaintance myself within the past
year. Computing has never been more fun for me than it is since I found
BeOS. And the future looks bright, too, given the steady progress that the
OpenBeOS team is making toward eventual release of an open-source
implementation of a BeOS-compatible operating system. Be sure to visit the
project website at OpenBeOS.org, if you have not already done so.

Cheers!

Czeslaw Czapla

"Pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will."
                                            Antonio Gramsci


"William Beckett" <wbeckett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> DOS has only a parody of the classic Unix
>> file and directory permission design. Under DOS
>> any user can change the file/directory attributes
>> without any regard to orginal ownership. I am
>> aware that openBeOS runs under Windows,
>> hence the reason for my question. Also the
>> recent explosion of spyware, Xupiter and other such
>> legally intrusive internet agents preying on
>> Windows platforms is fast reaching the epidemic
>> stage.