Re: [coLinux-users] Colinux without adminstrator

[Henry N. <Hen...@Ar...>]

Rainer Zocholl wrote:
> Julien Langlois wrote:
> 
>> I'm looking for a way to run Colinux on a machine without a
>> administrator installation. I read the FAQ
>> (http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/CoLinux_FAQ#Q0._Do_I_need_Administrator
>> _rights_on_my_Windows_computer_.3F) 
>> and it appear it's not possible
>> ... But i'd like to know why ?
> 
> [...]
>> I'm really sorry if my questions are stupid but i'm not familiar with
>> the Windows process behaviour so i'm not sure to understand what is a
>> "low level" process.
> 
> "low level" has direct access to all hardware for example.
> Direct Access to hardware is not possible for "user", they MUS use
> a driver which controls the access rights.

With "low level" here means the cpu "ring 0" there the coLinux kernel
runs. CoLinux is not an emulation and not a virtualisation of a cpu.
Colinux use the cpu and needs to have full access to all registers on
your cpu. That only can do, if an administrator has installed the
lowlevel (ring 0) driver.

-- 
Henry N.