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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Nestor Keller wrote:

> 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.

You cannot use puppy linux on a computer with only 12MB memory.

I think you are saying that you could use BL3 from two floppy disks and 
also install it to a linux file system on the hard drive.

I don't understand what you mean by a virtual box - did you install it
two different ways?

What exactly were you doing when you tried to use BL and got the
error message about hda?

Sindi

> ----- 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.


> > ----- 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