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Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is....

From: Mr Christopher Rose <mrchrisrose AT yahoo.com>
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is....
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:55:40 -0700 (PDT)

--- 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Mr Christopher Rose wrote:
> >
> > I forgot to mention that my HD is only about
> 523MB.
>
> That's plenty of room. I suggest you create three
> primary partitions:
> ---------------------------------
> /dev/hda1 40mb DOS
> /dev/hda2 80mb Linux swap
> /dev/hda4 400mb Linux native
> ---------------------------------
> Those sizes are only approximate. I've left
> /dev/hda3

(I agree that perhaps I should use hda3 and leave hda4
open for future use).

> blank because in the future you might find it useful
> to reduce the size of the swap partition and use the
> space for a small Linux native partition (/dev/hda3)
> to experiment with.
>
> Use DOS fdisk and format to create a bootable C:
> drive.

(Good think I kept those old MS-DOS 6.0 disks)

> Unzip bl3-xx.zip in C:\baslin

(Thankfully I have working BL3 floppies, and they were
created using dd on my Red Hat 9 machine).

> Boot BL3 and use Linux fdisk to create /dev/hda2 and
> /dev/hda4. Then use mkswap and mke2fs to format
> those
> partitions:
> ----------------
> mkswap /dev/hda2
> mke2fs /dev/hda4
> --------------------
> swapon /dev/hda2
> mount /dev/hda4 /hd
> install-to-hd
> --------------------
(I will try tonight).
>
> Thank You, Steven.
>

Pax,
Christopher
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Asunto: Re: [BL] install troubles , (continued)
- Re: [BL] install troubles, 3aoo-cvfd, 10/18/2004
  - Re: [BL] install troubles, Sebastian, 10/18/2004
    - [BL] install troubles----what the problem is...., Mr Christopher Rose, 10/18/2004
      - Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is...., James Miller, 10/18/2004
      - Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is...., 3aoo-cvfd, 10/19/2004
        
        Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is...., Mr Christopher Rose, 10/20/2004
        
        Asunto: Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is...., sebas1234, 10/20/2004
        
        Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is...., 3aoo-cvfd, 10/20/2004
        
        Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is...., Ian Scott, 10/21/2004
        
        Re: [BL] install troubles----what the problem is...., Mr Christopher Rose, 10/21/2004
        
        Re: [BL] install troubles----lilo, Mr Christopher Rose, 10/21/2004
        Re: [BL] install troubles----lilo, 3aoo-cvfd, 10/21/2004
        Re: [BL] install troubles----lilo, Mr Christopher Rose, 10/21/2004
        Re: [BL] install troubles----lilo, 3aoo-cvfd, 10/21/2004
        
        Re: [BL] install troubles----lilo, David Lane, 10/22/2004
        Re: [BL] install troubles----lilo, Mr Christopher Rose, 10/22/2004
        Re: [BL] install troubles----lilo, David Lane, 10/23/2004
        
        Re: [BL] install troubles----lilo, 3aoo-cvfd, 10/23/2004