Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

baslinux - Re: [BL] 1 floppy demo

baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Baslinux mailing list

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] 1 floppy demo
  • Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:09:27 +1300

sindi keesan wrote:
>
> Deleted anything to do with X, games
> pcmcia, also e3vi which is 12K and is
> not a link to e3pi.

Oh, yes it is. e3vi and e3pi are the same
file (with two names).

> I tried doing dd if=/dev/ram1 and got a
> lot of garbage

On the screen? That's where the output
goes when you give no of= parameter.

> I have 2435 MB of files in ram0. There should
> be space for links2

Really? links2 is 2-3mb (depending on how it's
compiled). You've only got 1.6mb left on the
ramdisk.

> I can put it, with a library file or two from
> svgalib and seejpeg and the correct config file
> to utilize them,

You might find it easier to start with BL1, which
is already set up for vgalib.

> How would I go about adding swap-space to a BL3
> that is running in RAMdisk?

You'll need some HD space (either a file on an
existing partition or a swap partition).

> how do I instruct Bl3 to use it? swapon?

For a swap file, mount the partition the
file is on, then:
-----------------------------
swapon /full/pathname/of/file
-----------------------------

For a swap partition:
----------------
swapon /dev/hdxy
----------------
where xy is partition designation

> You could even do this with 1.2MB floppy disks.

Early versions of the BL1 floppies were kept
under 1.2mb so you could use 1.2mb floppies
with make_fd.bat. I think I've got a couple
of 1.2mb floppies in a box somewhere with BL1
still on them.

Cheers,
Steven

____________________________
http://www.basiclinux.com.ru




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page