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  • From: "Nathan Lapointe" <smartekid_6 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Disk 2 Problems
  • Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 10:32:19 -0700

Nathan Lapointe wrote:

The current problem I have is with Disk 2. I cannot, for some unexplicable reason, seem to put DISK2.TGZ on a 1.44Mb Floppy Disk.

I assure you, it does fit.

When i try it by copy/paste in Linux, it says there is not enough room on the floppy.

My copy of disk 2 has 32256 bytes free after disk2.tgz is copied
to it.

This is after I just reformatted it.

How are you formatting the floppy? Disk 2 needs to have a standard
DOS format (most new floppies are DOS-formatted in the factory).

Can anybody help me with this? I am so close to getting Linux working on this ancient Laptop I can taste it . . .

I am sure we can get it working. Don't give up.

Cheers,
Steven

Oh, ok, it needs to be formatted in DOS mode. I was formatting it in Linux ext2 Mode. I have now successfully got BL working, thanks.

But a couple more things. I cannot get it to recognize the mouse that comes with the computer. When it asked for the Mouse, there was a couple settings, 3 I think, I chose the first, but it didn't work. How do you get the mouse working for a Laptop? Which setting should I choose?

Thanks for all the help.

NathanL






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