[BL] Install BL to the HD
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Fri Nov 23 21:30:04 EST 2007
Message from Steven
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Asahel wrote:
>
> I have 32 mb ram and have been looking
> unsuccessfully for the instructions for
> installing to a Linux hard drive partition.
> Could someone please give me a pointer to
> that information?
See readme.txt:
Installing BasicLinux to an ext2 partition (optional)
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>From inside BL3, use fdisk and mke2fs to create
a Linux partition on your harddisk. Mount that
partition at /hd and execute install-to-hd.
> The machine is an IBM Aptiva with 200 mHz Pentium
> processor and 3 gigabyte IDE hard drive. A 2 gb
> first primary partition is booting Windows 98, and
> a 1 gb second primary partition /dev/hda2 is set
> to the Linux ext2 file system awaiting BL3.50.
mke2fs /dev/hda2
mount /dev/hda2 /hd
install-to-hd
Note: I recommend you use fdisk to create
a 64mb swap partition (/dev/hda3).
> I intend to dual boot.
With lilo? Or loadlin? Or something else?
Cheers,
Steven
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