>
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:20:32 +0000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Linux with 4meg RAM
>
> > is there a URL for Slackware's" ZipSlack?
>
> - ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ftp://ftp3.sourceforge.net/pub/slackware/slackware-3.9/zipslack/
> - ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > and do I *purchase* it from this URL?
>
> It's a free download. 37meg. Be sure to read the
> fourmeg.README.
>
> > how would I put more swap on my HD??
>
> Use fdisk to create a larger swap partition.
>
> > 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??
>
> ZipSlack is a good CLI distro. You have no need to
> install BasicLinuxHD (although it is smaller and
> faster).
>
> > I mean is ZipSlack merely *a vehicle* to put *any*
> > Linux on the HD??
>
> No, ZipSlack is a self-contained Linux suitable for
> regular use. The main disadvantages are that it uses
> a DOS filesystem (slower and less reliable than a
> Linux native filesystem) and a zipdisk (which is
> not as good as a HD).
>
> > what does this mean: /dev/*** ???
>
> - - DOS LINUX
> - - ^^^ ^^^^^
> 1st floppy a: /dev/fd0
> 2nd floppy b: /dev/fd1
> master HD, 1st partition c: /dev/hda1
> master HD, 2nd partition d: /dev/hda2
> slave CDrom drive e: /dev/hdb
>
> > is the same "code" (once we find it out) for a zip
> > drive universal/the same on all versions of Linux?
>
> Yes. I think ZipSlack is already pre-configured for
> a zipdrive, so this shouldn't be a issue.
>
> > this would mean I would get Linux running with ZipSlack
> > unzipped on the 100MB zip cartridge
>
> Yes, you unzip the 37meg file (with a 32bit unzipper)
> onto the zip cartridge.
would you help me find a 32bit unzipper??
the only unzipper I have ever used is pkunzip in DOS 6.22
btw, is there a 32 bit DOS? I mean the DOS under all the Windows from 95
through XP... Do the Windows 95 -> XP only run in protected mode in order
to qualify as 32 bit OSs? is this how 16 bit DOS resides underneath these
so-called 32 bit OSs?
You then have a portable
> Linux which (theoretically) will boot on any computer.
>
> > then installing *any* Linux (meaning BasicLinux)
> > onto the same 100MB zip cartridge instead of the HD
>
> I think ZipSlack takes up the entire cartridge, so if
> you wanted to install BasicLinux it would have to go
> on 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
>
> Linux doesn't care where its root filesystem resides
> - -- HD, zip drive, ramdisk, whatever. In fact, just
> this morning I managed to strip the BasicLinux
> filesystem from 3.2meg (running on a ramdisk) to
> 1.4meg (running on a floppy). Even with its filesystem
> on a floppy, Linux chugs along quite happily (although
> *very* slowly).
>
> > worrying about obtaining and using a partition re-sizer
>
> A re-sizer is only required if you have an existing
> partition which you must keep. Things are simpler
> if you can partition the HD from scratch. Then all
> you need is fdisk.
>
> > what would happen if I tried to access my/a non-Linux
> > HD from my Linux zip drive??
>
> Linux will happily mount a DOS drive and copy files
> back and forth. It can even execute programs on
> a DOS drive (as long as they are Linux executables).
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
