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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Andrey Sharkov wrote:

> Hello I have questions about the system BaseLinux, I would appreciate if
> someone will help you understand them. I was interested and wanted me
> BaseLinux to try it on your computer. I downloaded a dos - BaseLinux
> version and uncompress it onto your hard drive. PC configuration is as
> follows:
> Pentium 100 mh Ram 64 mb hard disk 1 gb.
> Windows 98.
> No hard disk drive is divided into sections.
> I previously changed boot.bat, wait a he iron the way:
>
> loadlin c: \ baslin \ zimage root = / dev/hda1 initrd = c: \ baslin \
> initfs.gz rw
>
> The system is loaded but for some reason not to finish. Loaded up with a
> description of the parameters BuseBox to run.
>
> I think the point of these two lines:
>
> New root is busy. Staying in initrd.
> Change root to initrd /: error - 16
>
> Do you think this the case?

I think you are saying that you did not make a second partition (ext2 file 
system) for basiclinux but just downloaded the DOS-version file and 
unzipped it in c:\baslin.  The modified boot.bat file that you used is for 
use with basiclinux that has been installed to a separate partition on 
your hard drive (hda1 - which is probably your Windows 98 partition).

Try booting as follows:

cd \baslin
loadlin zimage root=/dev/loop0 initrd=initrd.gz rw

If you know how to shrink Win98 to make free space for a second partition, 
you could then make a linux ext2 partition and install to it and boot with 
a different boot.bat.  That can give you more space for linux, otherwise 
you have only 20MB.

loadlin zimage root=/dev/hda2 rw

/dev/hda2 would be the second partition.   This method of running linux 
does not need the initrd.

I know Russian - if you have trouble explaining your problem in English 
you can write in Russian, but I don't write it very well.

Sindi Keesan