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["Jim Howard" <jmhoward AT texramp.net>]

I recently became interested in Linux and discovered your BasicLinux.
I have downloaded, installed and run all versions from 1.8 up to the 3.2
floppy version.
Recently I downloaded and tried to run the loop version, without sucuss.
I received the following

attempt to access beyond end of device
07:00: rw=0, want=2, limit=0
dev:07:00 blksize=1024 blocknr=1 sector=2 size=1024 count=1
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
attempt to access beyond end of device
07:00: rw=0, want=2, limit=0
FAT bread failed
Kernal panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 07:00

I researched the archived postings and have tried, done, checked the
following.

1. Booted system in DOS only. No Config.sys, Autoexec.bat files run
2. BasicLinux is indeed in C:\BASLIN (tried c:\baslin, D:\BASLIN, E:\BASLIN)
3. Downloaded file from 2 diffrent locations www.ibiblio.org and
www.volny.cz
4. Used Winzip and pkunzip on diffrent occasion to unzip files.


I am running this on a Dell 550mhz computer with 256meg ram
The hard drive one drive that has been partitioned into 3. (to overcome old
os a one time)

I have enjoyed messing around with BasicLinux. I have learned quite a bit
about Linux, but at this time I am not ready to make a Linux partition on my
hard drive to copy the floppy version to.

Has anyone discovered what is causing the /dev/loop version not to work on
some computers?

Thanks for any help

james