On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 18:51:34 +0000, Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Clarence Verge wrote: >> I'm still afraid to follow your instruction. >> What is going to happen ? > Loadlin boots zimage (Linux kernel), creates a 4meg ramdisk > and puts baslinux.gz (root filesystem) into the ramdisk. >> Even ASIDE from fear of damage to my already installed >> files, > No fear. It won't touch your files. >> I need to know what to expect. I assume something is >> going to unpack itself and make camp on my HD. > No unpacking, no camping. It doesn't write to your > harddrive. In fact, BasicLinux doesn't even know > that you have a harddrive. Everything happens in > the ramdisk. When you reset your computer everything > disappears. Good answers Steven. I have now tried it. It loads fast and links looks nice. PPPsetup seemed easy but I don't think it worked. Can't tell. No onscreen dialogue. How do I turn that on ? I dialled and screeched but nothing happened anywhere. Links said No host. When I did ppp-off, it said it wasn't installed. I guess the handshake failed but don't know where. >> If it isn't DOS file system compatible, by what means >> can I remove it ? > Delete boot.bat, loadlin.exe, zimage, and baslinux.gz. >> Could you give us ALL some idea of the differences ? > UMSDOS would use about 5meg of HDD space (instead of 2meg). Ok. > UMSDOS would run significantly slower than the ramdisk. Well, of course ! How about if yours was on HD ? > UMSDOS couldn't be used for floppy version. I don't care much myself. > UMSDOS is easier to modify and customize. > UMSDOS has more RAM available. I only have 16Mb here. Is that enough after making the RD ? > Baslinux.gz is just a compressed Linux filesystem, which > is loaded into the ramdisk when you run boot.bat. If we > were using UMSDOS, we would need to gunzip baslinux.gz > and transfer it to the UMSDOS structure (which would write > hundreds of files to your DOS HDD). Currently baslinux.gz > is parked on your HDD, but it doesn't use the HDD. It > would be just as happy parked on a CDrom. That last paragraph, without reference to UMSDOS (except maybe to say it isn't) should be right at the front of the readme. IMHO. > I hope this has reassured you. BasicLinux is very, very > safe. That seems to be the case ! But, how can you save your setup if you DO get it working ? This is the main problem with the QNXdemo. It's very small (not more than 600k bigger than yours and has a complete graphic browser included. Have you tried it ? It's just a demo if you can't write to the HD. Waiting for advice. :) Thanks. - Clarence Verge - Using Arachne V1.62 for a change....
