Linux <= 128MB

Alan Dayley plug-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Fri Oct 5 15:50:02 2001


I'll take a CD at the next meeting.  Are you going to be there?

Alan

At 03:23 PM 10/5/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I created a normal ext2 partition then unzipped the package on the zip
>disk I used, then installed the lilo.tgz package 
>
>installpkg lilo.tgz -root /mnt/zip  <or wherever you want the root to
>be..>
>
>You could just install slack on it and only install the a1, ap1, and n1
>packages that you want..
>
>ofcourse, a debian base install should work as well.
>
>Can you boot off a cd to install this, or do you need floppies?
>Slack 7.1 would be the way I'd go if you need floppies, otherwise I'd go
>with slack 8 if you can do it with a cd..
>I even have a couple cds to give out..
>
>nathan
>
>
>On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 15:06, Alan Dayley wrote:
>> 
>> Looks interesting.  However, this uses loadlin to "boot" Linux after DOS
>> has already booted.  The purpose of my need requires that I "truely" boot
>> Linux from the MBR.  I can't boot DOS first.
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>>
>-- 
>"I guess I'll never forget her. And maybe I don't want to. Her spirit
>was wild, like a wild monkey. Her beauty was like a beautiful horse
>being ridden by a wild monkey. I forget her other qualities."
>		--Jack Handley, The New Mexican
>			1988
>
>Attachment Converted: "c:\program files\eudora\attach\Re Linux = 128MB3"
>