Baslinux mailing list

[3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org]

NoImAFungi AT aol.com wrote:
>
> I don't know if this would work. 
> One might be able to put the fs.img on the hard drive of 
> the computer and then boot the loop file from cd. 

loadlin.exe is happy running from CDrom.  It will successfully
load the kernel (from CDrom) and put initfs.gz (from CDrom) 
into a ramdisk.  So far, so good.  Then the initfs looks for 
fs.img on the HD.  There are three requirements:
(1) the HD must be IDE
(2) fs.img must be in the /baslin directory
(3) fs.img must be on a DOS-type filesystem

> If you have no current OS or way of putting stuff on the hd. 
> You could use a dos boot img  

Would such a DOS CDrom contain fdisk and format?  Would it
be possible to use it to put a bootable DOS partition on the
HD?  If so, you could first create the bootable OS (DOS) and 
then boot the normal DOS version of BL3.

Cheers,
Steven