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mindfuq AT sbcglobal.net wrote:
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> I've tried Basic Linux on two different machines, and 
> it failed each time.  

I suggest you do md5sum on the file you downloaded
to make sure you have an error-free copy.
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08d438f1c0922c1308b8d36c000f3e71  bl3-40.zip
55fc24bb2daf34ef5c4f01775cd6698c  bl3-40fd.zip
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> The test machine is a Pentium with 32MB ram.

I regularly run BL3 on 486s, Pentiums, PIIs, K6-2s with 
RAM ranging from 8 to 256.  It works on all of them.  
Sometimes there is a clash with a DOS driver in config.sys
or autoexec.bat (which stops Linux or Xvesa from booting).  
That can be eliminated by booting without DOS drivers, or 
by altering the parameters of the offending driver, or by 
using a different version of the driver.

> did a clean boot with nothing loaded.  When I ran 
> boot.bat, it simply hangs on the loadlin command. 
> What would cause that?  

It sounds like loadlin.exe is unable to get control of 
the system.  Are you perhaps running some sort of anti-
virus routine that protects the system from take-over?  
Alternatively, it could be something unusual in your 
hardware/firmware.

> Is there a way to get verbose output messages?

Once loadlin launches properly you will get plenty of 
output messages.  If all else fails, I suggest you try 
the floppy version of BL3, which uses a different boot 
method (LILO).

> I am unable to send messages directly to this 
> list because the follow error occurs:

Have you subscribed to the list?  Did you use the web 
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Did you get a confirmation message from the listserver?  

> I had to configure my mail server to give ibiblio.org 
> special treatment, and route this message through a 
> 3rd party mail server.

That should not be necessary.  Once you are properly
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Cheers,
Steven