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[Nestor Keller <nfkeller AT yahoo.com.ar>]

im want boot BL from Hard disk. Sincerely im prefer use Puppy Linux. i'm try 
BL in virtual box and dont like soo much.



----- Mensaje original -----
De: sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>
Para: Nestor Keller <nfkeller AT yahoo.com.ar>
CC: 
Enviado: miércoles, 17 de agosto de 2011 17:35
Asunto: Re: [BL] baslinux dont work

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Nestor Keller wrote:

> i`m try BL en virtual box after format HD in Linux native file system 
> using BL floppy disk and it work well. i`m think that the probem is the 
> file system of hard disk.

There are three ways to run Basiclinux:
1) from two floppy disks (hard drive is not used)

2) from a FAT16 or FAT32 partition in a 'loop' - this has not worked on a 
few of my computers (older Gateway, for instance).  The initrd.gz file 
contains instructions to mount -o loop the baslinux.gz file which contains 
20MB of space when it is unpacked).  (I may have the names wrong).  This 
can sometimes go wrong.

3) on a hard drive with linux ext2 partition, installed from either 1) or 
2) - this usually works.

The floppy disks boot with lilo, the FAT (DOS) partition version boots 
with loadlin, and the hard drive version boots with either loadlin (from 
DOS) or lilo (from a boot sector on the hard drive).

I had two models of HP, one of which would not boot with loadlin, and the 
other would not boot with lilo.  Did you boot from the hard drive using 
loadlin or lilo?

Later linuxes boot with syslinux, isolinux, or grub.

Do you want to let the basiclinux list know that BL works from floppy
disk and from ext2 partition?  I wrote to you directly, not to the list,
and you answered me directly.

We had one very active member in Argentina for a few years but I forget
his name. 
>
>
> ----- Mensaje original -----
> De: sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>
> Para: Nestor Keller <nfkeller AT yahoo.com.ar>
> CC:
> Enviado: domingo, 14 de agosto de 2011 14:49
> Asunto: Re: [BL] baslinux dont work
>
> Did you fix your problem with basiclinux?
> Will it boot from 2 floppy disks?
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, Nestor Keller wrote:
>
>> im using baslinux 3.50 from hard
>> disk. im can access to PC hard disk in Windows and DOS mode. PC have 12
>> MB RAM memory but im not sure.im unzip baslinux archive in C:\baslin 
>> directory. im boot in DOS mode and type BOOT
>>
>>
>> ----- Mensaje original -----
>> De: sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>
>> Para: Nestor Keller <nfkeller AT yahoo.com.ar>; "baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org" 
>> <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>> CC:
>> Enviado: lunes, 1 de agosto de 2011 11:04
>> Asunto: Re: [BL] baslinux dont work
>>
>> Does Windows 3.11 work properly?  Can you boot from a DOS or Windows 
>> floppy disk and access the hard drive?  Often hard drives fail.
>>
>> Which version of basiclinux is this - 3.5 or 2.1, and are you booting it 
>> from floppy disk or hard drive?
>>
>> How much memory does the computer have?
>>
>> On Sun, 31 Jul 2011, Nestor Keller wrote:
>>
>>> Hi im have a old compaq presario PC and i was try baslinux but it dont 
>>> work propiertly. Show a error while try to boot like:
>>>
>>
>>> "hda is not ready for command" and other error that im not understand. 
>>> the PC hard disk capacity is 214MB.PC have Windows 3.11 working. help 
>>> please.
>>
>> Sindi Keesan
>>
>>
>
> Sindi Keesan
>

Sindi Keesan