Clarence Verge wrote: > > Your instructions were quite complex, involving 2 > blank floppies, Sorry about the confusion. I probably put too much info into README.TXT. Have another look at the third paragraph: - Booting BasicLinux from harddrive - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Copy these files to a convenient directory: - - boot.bat - - loadlin.exe - - zimage - - baslinux.gz - Enter DOS mode and execute "boot" The fourth paragraph is entitled: - Booting BasicLinux from 1.44meg or 1.2meg floppies - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The fourth paragraph only applies if you want to boot BasicLinux from floppies (instead of booting it from HDD). > Lilo was in there. It looked like native Linux to me. No, Lilo is not there (loadlin is used for booting). Yes, the filesystem is native Linux. It runs on a 4meg ramdisk. > To run Dragon or Pygmy, I just type Linux and it runs from my > DOS HD. Just type boot and BasicLinux will run from your DOS HD. > If yours will do the same you should say so. That's what I tried to do in the third paragraph of REAME.TXT. > You must allow for the invariable communication difficulties. <G> True. > Does it use the UMSDOS filesystem ? (Y/n) n (but if you really want a UMSDOS version, I could probably cobble one together for you). Thanks, again, for the input. Cheers, Steven ______________________________________________ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.zip
