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

Krzysztof A. Suchecki wrote:

> > 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. 
> >    
>
> You don't need to boot from floppies to install BL 2.03 if you have
> any DOS/Windows 9x on HDD!
>
> If you can reboot to DOS as you write, just create directory i.e
> "baslin", unzip there all files from bl2-03.zip, and run "boot.bat"
> It will run BL 2 RAMDISK version. You can later install BL 2.03 to HDD
> with command "install" after logging as root.
>
> How to boot BL later?
> As I suspect your current LILO conf allows you start either Linux
> or Windows. If yes, choose Windows, and press F8 (or F5).
> When you get pure command line prompt, just "cd baslin",
> "boot" and enjoy. :)
>  
The Linux/Win95 machine on which I download and unzip the files is not 
the same machine I want to install BL2.03 on. At the moment, the target 
machine has one ext2 partition with BL1.8 installed and is not connected 
to anything either.
Thanks, anyway.
Andrew