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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> So the disk created by using rawrite and nx.dsk 
> and a floppy disk in a: should contain a kernel 

Is nx.dsk a boot disk?  Rawrite is also used to
create root disks.

> that can be copied over 

Copying a kernel from a boot disk may not be simple.

> What are the chances that Delilinux kernels are 
> 'minix'?

None.  However, the DeliLinux kernel could be
sitting on a minix filesystem (similar to the 
way the BL3 zimage sits on a DOS filesystem).

> > A root disk contains the root filesystem.
> 
> What is a root filesystem, 

It's the filesystem that the kernel runs (/sbin/init).
It has the startup files (inittab, fstab, rc, profile).  
It's what the loadlin root parameter points at.

> all the files that get mounted when you boot?

Files don't get mounted.  Filesystems get mounted.

> Is this baslinux.gz, which in BL2 will not fit 
> into one 1.44 floppy disk so you split them?  

Yes.

> Why gz not tgz?

Because it is an filesystem image, not an archive.

> So Bl3 can be used as a 1-floppy linux 

Yes.

> With just the first disk, you should be able to 
> use BL3 in 8MB RAM, 

Maybe, maybe not.  IIRC the routine that loads the
second floppy creates the second ramdisk before asking
you to insert the second floppy.  This alone might crash
a system with only 8mb RAM.

> I have a laptop with 8MB and will try that shortly.

Good luck.  If it does work, do 'free' to see how much 
RAM is left and 'df' to see whether the second ramdisk 
(at /usr/X11R6) is there.
 
Cheers,
Steven

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