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> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:55:25 +0000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #1660
>
> ANDY wrote:
> >
> > would it help you to know I have a parallel port iomega
> > zip 100 drive installed on this machine
>
> Hmmm, perhaps that could solve the problem. Slackware
> has a special version designed for zipdisks. It's called
> ZipSlack. You simply unzip to a zipdisk and boot. No
> ramdisk required (so your 4meg RAM shouldn't stop the
> installation).
is there a URL for Slackware's" ZipSlack? and do I *purchase* it from
this URL?
>
> Once you have Linux running from the zipdrive, you will
> be able to put 12meg swap on the HD.
how would I put more swap on my HD??
is there a line in CONFIG.SYS or MSDOS.SYS that must be changed?
If you still wish
> to put BasicLinux on the HD, I'll need to give you
> special instructions (but such an installation will be
> *much* easier than what we were talking about yesterday).
this sounds good! but if I have ZipSlack on my zip drive why would I
want to put BasicLinux on the HD? why would I want 2 Linuxes on my
machine?? this sounds good... putting BasicLinux on the HD because of your
diagram of HD room a couple of arachne-digests back... but is it necessary
if I have ZipSlack on my zip drive?... I mean is ZipSlack merely *a
vehicle* to put *any* Linux on the HD??
>
> > just curious, but could I *install* your BASLINUX on a
> > zip cartridge, using the computer's 4MB of RAM,
>
> Same problem as installing to HD. Linux has to be running
> to install BasicLinux. Normally, this is done in a ramdrive
> (which is not possible with 4meg RAM). However, if you can
> get Linux running some other way (e.g. ZipSlack), then 4meg
> RAM should not be an issue.
>
> > and the zip cartridge as "another" "alternative" "HD"?
>
> I have never used a zip drive, so I have no personal
> experience with this. But, I think it should be possible
> to put a Linux ext2 filesystem on a zip drive. I think
> I heard somewhere that a zip drive is /dev/sda5 (or was
> that /dev/hda5 ? /dev/hde ???). I'm pretty sure it
> was 5-something.
what does this mean: /dev/*** ???
I don't understand that much about OSs like Linux so what does it mean
that /dev/***? device? is the same "code" (once we find it out) for a zip
drive universal/the same on all versions of Linux? just curious
p.s. this would mean I would get Linux running with ZipSlack unzipped on
the 100MB zip cartridge then installing *any* Linux (meaning BasicLinux)
onto the same 100MB zip cartridge instead of the HD
however I don't know how I would then be able to "access" other devices
such as the external modem if I was using my parallel port zip drive as
home to Linux or BasicLinux... but if I could this would be ideal because
I could leave my 60MB HD alone without having to run fdisk or worrying
about obtaining and using a partition re-sizer or partitions at all...
I guess since I can access my external modem and HD and printer from my
zip drive in DOS, I should be able to access my external modem and
printer from my zip drive in Linux :)
what would happen if I tried to access my/a non-Linux HD from my Linux
zip drive??
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
