Joerg Bartels wrote:
>
> I found that I could mount my cdrom with mount
> /dev/hdb /cdrom (cdrom is not in the kernel?)
Yes, if your CDrom is slave on the primary IDE
connector, then it will be /dev/hdb. If it's
master on the secondary IDE connector, then it
will be /dev/hdc.
The /cdrom is just the directory that serves
as the mount-point. BasicLinux already has
two mount-points available: /mnt and /hd.
Feel free to use them. Or you can create
additional mount-points (eg. mkdir cdrom).
> I know that is only newbie hacking (is there
> a better way?) but it works for me.
Your method is the usual way of mounting a CDrom.
You'll need to umount the directory to change CDs
(otherwise Linux won't let you open the door).
> So I think may be I could get an old hd make
> a Linux partition
If you've got a spare harddrive, you can simply
transfer BasicLinux to the harddrive and boot
from there. That will give you a permanent Linux
installation (which won't lose your changes when
you turn off the power).
> at some flesh to the BasicLinux bones (Swap,
> modules, progs, etc.).
Swap is a good idea, especially if you are running
BasicLinux (ramdisk) on a system with only 8meg RAM.
BasicLinux 1.0 includes commands for creating a
swapfile on a harddrive.
> Is it only newbie thinking or could it work?
Yes, it will work as long as your add-ons are not
incompatible. You will be perfectly safe if you
add things from the Slackware 3.5 site.
Cheers,
Steven
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