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

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
 
> On Mon, 30 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:
>
> >> Can I run init after chrooting?
> >
> > No. "Init is the parent of all processes" and must be the first thing
> > started in user space.
> 
> But I can still run BL3 programs chrooted from BL2 sometimes.  What 
> does init actually do?

It runs everything in /etc/inittab. Usually, this means rc(s),
getty and unmount (during shutdown). It should start anything
you need to use applications (e.g. X, lpd, crond, syslogd,
although it is highly debatable whether you need any of this.).

> > You should be able to run the login command and successfully log in.
> I cannot login to BL3 because there is no login.  I can chroot from 
> Bl3 to BL2 and login.  I think Steven once explained how to add 
> login to BL3.

You can chroot to Ubuntu and run login there if it has it (it should!)

> > I meant to try it on a PC that can boot loop BL3.
> 
> I wanted to try it on this one because it already has the IDE 
> CD-burner that won't work in linux before kernel 2.6, and it is 
> 300MHz and has 128MB RAM.  Most of our others have less RAM and no 
> CD-burner.  We are also setting up the dual-CPU 200MHz (with a 
> second CPU from a dead board given to us by a different person) 
> with the failing 8GB drive in order to see if Ubuntu can do SMP.

2.6 is very unstable, due to the Bitkeeper fiasco and various
other issues which slowed down development.

> I was hoping to get rid of Win98 if Ubuntu could substitute, but 
> the modem update program I just downloaded needs Win98SE, as does 
> the last one.  (I had one that worked in DOS and required some 
> decision making).  I have Win98FE (which won't even work with the 
> 4MB SB Live driver I just downloaded to test the card, which works 
> in linux with emu10k1 after soundcore).  Is there something I can 
> do to Win98FE so that the Win98SE (not an upgrade) will install on 
> top of it?

It should install right over it. The only time I ever installed
98SE, it was to a blank drive. Are you running the 98SE setup
from within 98FE (i.e. insert disk while 98FE is running and
run d:setup)

David

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