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[Andrew Langdon-Davies <ald2 AT arrakis.es>]

qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote:
>  
>
> > Finally managed to get 1.8 installed on the hd. I 
> > would like to upgrade to 2.x as this is a Pentium 
> > 100 with 500  mb. This machine has no Internet 
> > connection and no DOS 
> >    
>
> How are you booting?  From a DOS floppy?  Or LILO?
LILO

> > I have changed the kernel to the one from BL 2.03. 
> > What next? Do I need to uninstall libc5? If so, how?
> >    
>
> Normally I would suggest installing 2.03 from scratch
> -- there is no simple upgrade from BL1 to BL2.  However,
> if your system is unable to boot BL2 (ramdisk version),
> we might be able to figure out an alternative method.
> What exactly is your situation, what problem do you
> have using the normal BL2?
>
>  
My problem with BL2 was that I couldn't get 2mf to work when running  
make_fd . I  downloaded  the files using  Linux, then switched to 
Windows95 on the same machine to unzip them, then closed down Windows 
and rebooted in DOS to run the programs. 2mf failed me every time. 
Should I have booted  DOS using F8? I don't think I can, because LILO 
starts up. Anyway, as someone pointed out, I wouldn't then have been 
able to use the second floppy on another machine unless it was running 
2m. In the end, as I say, with a bit of juggling and editing, several 
mistakes and a lot of luck, I've got BL1.8 running and LILO working.  
And I've switched kernels. Ideally, I was thinking of installing 
Abiword, Opera and ImageMagick, but would like to use more recent 
versions of everything than 3.1. I've had almost a year to mess about 
with Linux so I've got a vague idea of the basics and a healthy 
addiction to caffeine. I can transfer everything by CD. If I knew what 
exactly to keep so that the basic kept working, I could happily rip 
everything else out, which would be more or less like starting from scratch.
TIA
Andrew