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["Nathan Lapointe" <smartekid_6 AT hotmail.com>]

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