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  • From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL3 website
  • Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:58:40 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > I would find it helpful if there were mention of which
> > version of BL3 used loadlin or lilo to boot - presumably
> > loadlin for the DOS loop version,
>
> Yes. That's why loadlin.exe is one of the files in the DOS package.
> loadlin.exe is the way you boot Linux from DOS.
>
> > what happens when you install either of them to hard drive?
>
> The booting methods stay the same. loadlin.exe for booting
> from DOS. lilo for booting without DOS.
>
> When you run install-to-hd, it tells you how to boot. It
> should be pretty clear from that whether you will be using
> loadlin.exe or lilo.

Is there some way to install from floppy disk and use loadlin? My laptop
computer is short of disk space. I don't have room for a 15MB DOS loop
version and also a linux partition of a reasonable size. Can I put the
kernel in a DOS partition and boot with it as in BL2? Or does the lilo
version offer a choice between DOS and linux? I would prefer to boot
linux from DOS as I tend to use DOS more, rather than needing to reboot to
a boot manager. Can the 2-floppy version be installed from DOS partition
to linux partition without first making floppy disks? The website did not
give the details. If you put a bit more info on installation methods
there you might get fewer requests for explanations from people who don't
know which version to download for what purpose.

>
> > A short mirrors list for SW3.x would be nice as it
> > is quite hard to find.
>
> Isn't there a list for that on the BL1 page? Some of
> the links are probably dead, but some should still work.

I think I was at the BL3 page, but maybe it was the BL2 page, that listed
Slackware 7.1 mirrors and BL3 add-ons. Perhaps you could also put that
list at the BL3 page (for SW3.x). ftp.slackware.com and
ftp.planetmirror.com both still have SW3.3.

>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
>
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