On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 08:33:42 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Clarence, please don't let the library problem with Arachne turn
> you against Linux. It was Michael's decision to make it closed-
> source -- this is a very un-Linux thing to do.
I'm not against Linux yet. In fact I'm trying tonite to get mc into
your Baslinux. <G>
Instead of writing directly, I thought we could inform some and bore
others by doing this on the list, if you don't mind.
Getting Baslinux running is VERY easy. That scares me a bit, because
it means I'm not a virgin anymore.:)
Ok, here's the problem that hopefully we are going to solve in public:
I got mc.gz from your site (with Arachne) and saved it in D:\.
D: is where all my linuxii are, including your zipped Baslinux.
The fact that it is in the root should be irrelevant - I intend to
move it later.
Step #1: Unzip Baslinux by my NORMAL method - to RAMDISK F:
Step #2: Boot. Baslinux starts, amazingly from the ramdisk to
another (I guess) that it creates.
Step #3: mount /dev/hda5 -t umsdos /mnt (see ? it's scary !)
Step #4: cd /mnt
Step #5: dir (Damn! <G> It's all there !!)
Step #6: gunzip mc (your instructions) Nuts ! It left it on the HD !
Step #7: Here I'm lost. I tried cp mc /usr/bin and mv mc /usr/bin
(separate sessions cuz reboot is required) and I got complaint
that /usr/bin/mc doesn't exist followed by 8-10 lines of I/O
error regarding my HD ! And then it wouldn't accept shutdown
or reboot so it got the Big Red Button.
Ok, I also tried moving the mc.gz to the umsdos ramdisk before starting
Baslinux, but then I couldn't mount my old ramdisk. I didn't really
expect to be able to, but I thought it might still be there since the
boot worked from it.
How the heck do I try mc if I can't get it onto the Linux RD ?
- Clarence Verge
- Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....
