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["Ron Clarke" <ariadne AT acepia.net.au>]

Hi Folks, Steven,

I wrote:
>   They were downloaded by, and into, a DOS system.  Then loaded onto an
> external ZIP drive for transfer into the target machine.
> Would that have caused any damage to all but the BL2-02.ZIP ?

  Well, it seems that downloading all the HD installation packages from
the mirror site, by FTP, with Wiz-lynx, DID corrupt each and every
package.

That was from:
  ftp://mirror.pudas.net:21/slackware/slackware-7.1/slakware/

So, I used Arachne, by http, to get those packages from:

  http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/Linux/slackware/slackware-7.1/slakware/

and the installation went as slick as one could wish. And it took a lot
longer this time. And I even have Icewm running. On a '486 33 MHz yet !
But the little activity guage is nearly always full of green trace -
even just moving the mouse will do that.   :)

Next step MC.

BUT: I still get that odd error message and extra login.
"/sbin/e2fsck  bad magic number in super block while trying to open
/dev/hda1 (null)"
Then I am told that if hda1 is truly e2sf, then to use a different super
block number.
Then I am told to reboot.
Then I am offered login:       Password:    
any random keys get through that but I am told "crypto not supported",
or it by-passes this anyway after about 60 seconds.
Then it claims to be running level 3, several more lines, then the
familiar BL Welcome screen and login as root.

  Is there a script I can edit to skip this stuff ?   hda1 IS there, but
it is a DOS HD.

Regards,
        Ron

Ron Clarke
http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/index.html
http://tadpole.aus.as
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sindi keesan wrote:
> 
> I did not find the link to the new download site 
> (for links2.1.9 and flwriter) 

and ssh (a secure substitute for telnet).

> at the basiclinux site.  

I haven't done an index page yet.  I've got several 
pages to update and I will do them all at the same 
time (later this week).

> Are the programs still not for general use?  

Anybody is welcome to use them, but I haven't decided
yet whether flwriter is worth keeping.  

> Also there was no mention there of a hard drive 
> installation 

It's mentioned in two places:  on the BL2 homepage
(second paragraph) and on the startup screen 
(HINTS FOR NEW USERS).

> in fact it said you cannot run basiclinux from hard drive 

It does not say "cannot" -- it says "does not" (in the
section describing the booting the ramdisk version).

> people mght think means you cannot install to hard drive.

Why?  The BasicLinux homepage says:  "Although BasicLinux
initially runs on a ramdisk, it can be installed to its
own HD partition, where additional packages can be installed
(including X and GCC)."  Seems pretty clear to me.

Cheers,
Steven