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["Dustin MacDonald" <dmacdonald95 AT hotmail.com>]

Hello Will! The "word processor" I'm assuming is vi, I was always bad with vi :D and I suggest you go to this page : http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/usd/12.vi/paper.html for an introduction to vi. It will be needed.

Oh, and about the 2nd question, I don't know, I only used it by making a directory on my hda1 or C:\ drive or HD, etc. called baslin and I followed the directions on the BasicLinux website, and then I used an MS-DOS bootdisk to remove Windows, and install a bare-bones MS-DOS distribution, i.e just command.com and autoexec, and I pointed the autoexec.bat file to do this.

Start Typing

cd C:\baslin
c:
boot

Stop Typing

Hope I can help! ^_^

>From: Will Hatch <fhkms AT adelphia.net>

>Reply-To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org

>To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>

>Subject: [BL] newbie

>Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 6:46:33 -0400

>

>Hello,

>

>I have my Basic Linux floppy discs functioning, and am just beginning to explore.  I found the word processor, but can't seem to exit out of the program.  Alt-h shows me a help screen but the commands the list do not work.  I discovered with other parts of the operating system I can hit Esc and a browser type thing appears on the top of the screen, from which I can exit.  What am I not doing correctly???

>

>Also, I want to install this to the hard drive and have it boot from the hard drive.  Can anybody point me toward step by step instructions, including the partitioning of the disk?  Thanks all!

>

>Will

>

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