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[Dan Schmidt <dnhschmidt AT juno.com>]

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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