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  • From: Dan Schmidt <dnhschmidt AT juno.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Newbie question, errors on loading
  • Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 19:52:44 -0400

Yes, I was talking about BL 3.21.

"start your DOS without extras:
no CONFIG.SYS, no AUTOEXEC.BAT, no Windows"

I'm not sure how to do that.




On Sat, 15 May 2004 18:59:31 -0400 "Sheldon Isaac" <sisaac AT netaxs.com>
writes:
> > I would like to use BasicLinux on my computer which already has
> Windows
> > 98 loaded on it.
>
> Yes, I did that last fall.
>
> > If I run Boot.bat in a DOS window inside of Windows, I get the
> following
> > message:
> >
> > WARNING: Not enough free memory (load buffer size)
>
> No, don't do that - I think the readme says not to.
>
> Are you talking about BasicLinux 3.xx? The one I did last year was
> version
> 2.1.
>
> Let's look at the readme for ver 3.21:
>
> "Unzip BL3.zip to the C:\baslin directory. The directory must be
> called
> baslin, and it must be a top directory
>
> SNIP
>
> To boot correctly, BL3 needs a relatively clean DOS. If BL3 refuses
> to
> boot (or it crashes when you try to run X), start your DOS without
> extras:
> no CONFIG.SYS, no AUTOEXEC.BAT, no Windows."
>
> > If I run Boot.bat in DOS without loading Windows, much data is
> displayed
> > and then the screen freezes. I think the last two lines probably
> > indicate the problem:
> >
> > FAT bread failed
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 07:00
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated,
>
> Hopefully you'll soon get the answer from someone, Dan.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sheldon Isaac
>
>
>
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