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> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:54:51 +0000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #1658
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> ANDY wrote:
> >
> > my 386 only has 4MB of RAM... does this mean BASLINUX
> > cannot be installed??
>
> The installation of BasicLinux to HD is done by
> BasicLinux itself (i.e. you need to boot BasicLinux
> in a ramdisk). The ramdisk itself takes 4meg RAM,
> so you need 8meg RAM to use this method.
>
> However, all is not lost. The HD version of BasicLinux
> will certainly run in 4meg RAM -- we just have to find
> a way to get it onto the HD. The easiest way is to
> (temporarily) move the HD into a computer with 8meg
> RAM (or more) and do the HD installation there. Just
> slave it to the existing primary master, or put it on
> the secondary IDE (if the computer has one).
>
> If the above method isn't possible, there is another
> approach we can take, but it is quite complicated.
> It involves creating an active Linux filesystem on
> a floppy (leaving the RAM free) and using it to mount
> baslinux.gz via loop. If you need to go this route,
> let me know and I will do a step-by-step (although I
> will have to do a lot of experimentation to get it
> right).
Yes, this is the route I must go... would it help you to know I have a
parallel port iomega zip 100 drive installed on this machine and if I do
this I will probably download your stuff onto a zip 100MB cartridge anyway
irregardless(because the floppy drive on my internet machine is being
difficult)?
just curious, but could I *install* your BASLINUX on a zip
cartridge, using the computer's 4MB of RAM, and the zip cartridge as
"another" "alternative" "HD"?... just wondering... :)
Andy
in Philly
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
