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> > > > zipped qemu disk image of BL 3.40. Unzipped it should expand to 100MB.
   
Silly question.  Why is the unzipped .img so large?  100 meg is a little big 
for the otherwise petite BL...
    
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From: t.maiden AT att.net
> 
> I did the download and it works great in Win32 QEMU!  Even the internet 
> connection worked perfect right off the bat.  I didn't try Telnet but as 
> Links 
> worked great I suspect Telnet and probably FTP (or other program) would 
> work as 
> well.  Great job making up this .img file.  No problems configuring QEMU or 
> anything...
>       
> -------------- Original message from t.maiden AT att.net: -------------- 
> 
> 
> > Sorry I didn't get to this sooner but I'm at home where I only have a 
> > slow 
> > dialup connection. Even a small 5 meg. download can take painfully long 
> > to 
> get. 
> > On the QEMU front I finally figured out how to boot a live Linux CD to 
> > run in 
> > QEMU. I have found a few Live CDs that wouldn't run on my PC natively but 
> > will 
> > load and run in QEMU. Figure that out. If I ever get the courage I may 
> > try to 
> > load and run Windows 95 in QEMU and maybe even XP Home. What worries me 
> > is the 
> > Autoplay function in XP which may try to execute the Win. 95 CD native 
> > and 
> mess 
> > up my hard drive (can't afford that). Maybe there is a way to turn off 
> > Autoplay, anyone know? 
> > -------------- Original message ---------------------- 
> > From: Ken Martwick 
> > > James, I have downloaded your image and I hope to check it out soon; 
> > > I just haven't gotten to it. 
> > > Ken Martwick 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 06:10:46AM -0500, James Miller wrote: 
> > > > I haven't heard a thing from anyone yet on this qemu image, e.g., 
> > > > whether 
> > > > it unarchives alright and then boots and runs under qemu. I was 
> > > > thinking 
> > > > t.maiden might be first to respond, since he showed some interest. 
> > > > Anyway, let me ask more directly with this post. David (Moberg), I 
> > > > recall 
> > > > you saying that you use qemu. Could I ask that you download and 
> > > > unpack 
> > > > the BL 3.40 qemu image I made and then try booting and running it a 
> > > > bit, 
> > > > then post back with your results? Thanks in advance for any help you 
> > > > might provide with that. 
> > > > 
> > > > James 
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, James Miller wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, t.maiden AT att.net wrote: 
> > > > > 
> > > > >> An image or ISO of BL 3.4 would be nice to try out. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Go to http://cmiller.sdf-us.org/baslin/baslin3/BL3-4qemu.zip for a 
> > > > > ca. 
> 5MB 
> > > > > zipped qemu disk image of BL 3.40. Unzipped it should expand to 
> > > > > 100MB. 
> > > > > Boots with GRUB into a virgin BL 3.40 install that has networking 
> already 
> > > > > enabled (if your host system is set up to handle it). I would much 
> > > > > appreciate feedback on whether it works. I created the zip archive 
> > > > > on a 
> > > > > Linux system, and the original image file booted fine here, but I 
> > > > > obviously can't say how well it works on other systems or 
> > > > > especially 
> > > > > platforms, or whehter even the archive can be handled by other 
> > > > > archiving 
> > > > > programs. Reports, please. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > James 
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