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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

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From: t.maiden AT att.net
To: BasLinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [BL] I was thinking maybe...
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 03:15:36 +0000

> 
> I was thinking maybe if I copied the disk one floppy image to a 
> CD-ROM, and put a disk two floppy in the floppy drive, could I 
> trick my PC into loading Basic Linux?

Sure, as long as disk two is accessible by Linux.

> My Windows XP computer doesn't have a way to boot from a floppy.

Very strange. Did it come with an ordinary floppy drive?

> The CD drive is the best bet for alternate booting methods.

I agree.

> I was wondering if qemu could load and run Basic Linux as a
> "guest" OS inside windows?  Has anyone tried to use qemu with
> Basic Linux?

I haven't tried qemu, however bochs (a free PC emulator) is
quite capable of booting BL from within Windows XP. The only
drawback is speed, but if you have a recent computer that should
not be a problem.

> I have never burned a bootable CD but I may have to change that.
> I don't have the software for doing it on the Windows side.  I
> may have the Linux software, but I have never investigated that.

You may want to learn how to burn ordinary CDs in Linux, first.

David
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