How about this? I read that slashdot article someone posted the link to. I'm one of those types who doesn't know a whole lot about programming, but is learning, and is certainly interested in learning, and thus might be able to contribute in the documentation area. I whipped up this real quick. Its hardly complete, but its a start. Take a look at it and tell me what you think. Things it still needs: 1) an explanation of the benefits/problems with using the combination boot/root disk instead of separate disks. 2) where to find things like rawrite.exe and pkz204g.exe 3) a more complete section on installing under linux. If you can't read the file here, I've also included it as an attachment. I'm not used to this cruddy yahoo email setup. -matt balaun [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. - Yeah, it probably won't look very clean this way, I recommend looking at it as an attachment instead. Sorry. I'll have to work on that. ------- ELKS - INSTALL.TXT - v0.0.1 - 21 January 2000 Original Author - Matt Balaun - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here are basic instructions on installing ELKS, the Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset, onto one or more floppy disks for use on your PC. Table of Contents: ================== 1. Introduction 2. Installation - DOS/Win3.x/Win9x/WinNT users 3. Installation - Linux users 4. Credits If you have any questions about this document, please email the author, Matt Balaun, at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or post your question to the linux-8086 discussion list. Information on this list is available at: http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ 1. Introduction These are 1.44 MB disk images for ELKS, the Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset, as contained in the file IMAGES.ZIP and as of ELKS version 0.0.82: boot - disk image used in creating the boot disk root - disk image used in creating the root disk comb - disk image used in creating a combination boot and root disk As of right now, the author of this document does not fully understand the advantages and disadvantages of making separate boot and root disks versus making a combination boot and root disk. A future version of this document will contain a brief explanation of that. For now, the author recommends doing whatever works for your system. :) 2. Installation - Dos/Win3.x/9x/NT/2000 users For those of you working on a DOS-based system (or a system where you can access a DOS prompt, such as Win9x/NT), you will need the following to create your set of ELKS disks: IMAGES.ZIP (which presumably you've already downloaded if you're reading this document) RAWRITE.EXE (a DOS-based tool used to write disk images onto your floppies) Two 1.44 HD floppy disks (or just one if you want to make the combination boot and root disk) If you are missing IMAGES.ZIP, you can get it from: ftp://linux.mit.edu/pub/ELKS/ If you are missing RAWRITE.EXE, you can get it from: ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware-7.0/bootdsks.144/ *NOTE: This probably isn't the best place to get RAWRITE from, but its the first one that came to mind. Someone suggest a better place, please? If you are missing two 1.44 HD floppy disks, buy them from just about any computer or office supply store on the planet. Once you have all these items, you are ready to start making your ELKS disk set. First, unzip IMAGES.ZIP into a directory on your hard drive. If you don't know how to do this, or if you haven't the tools to do this, download PKZ204G.EXE from (where the heck can a guy get PKZ204G.EXE from these days, anyway?), install it, and read the documentation included with it. Example: C:\> md elks C:\> copy images.zip c:\elks\ C:\> cd elks C:\ELKS> pkunzip images.zip Second, put a copy of RAWRITE.EXE to that same directory Example: C:\ELKS\> cd .. C:\> copy rawrite.exe c:\elks\ C:\> cd elks Third, decide whether you want to make separate boot and root disks or just the combination boot/root disk. Then make them. The format for RAWRITE.EXE is RAWRITE [image name] [drive letter]. You can also just type RAWRITE, and the program will prompt you for the information it needs. Example (for separate boot and root disks): (put a 1.44 HD floppy into drive A:) C:\ELKS\> rawrite boot a: (wait for rawrite to finish writing to drive A:) (remove 1.44 HD floppy from drive A:, label as "ELKS boot" or some other logical name) (put a new 1.44 HD floppy into drive A:) C:\ELKS\> rawrite root a: (wait for rawrite to finish writing to drive A:) (remove 1.44 HD floppy from drive A:, label as "ELKS root" or some other logical name) (congratulate yourself on successful creation of your ELKS disks) Example (for the combination boot/root disk): (put a 1.44 HD floppy into drive A:) C:\ELKS\> rawrite comb a: (wait for rawrite to finish writing to drive A:) (remove 1.44 HD floppy from drive A:, label as "ELKS boot/root" or some other logical name) (congratulate yourself on successful creation of your ELKS disk) 3. Installation - Linux users (This section not complete) Unzip using the unzip command Write disk images using the cat command Example (separate boot and root disks): (put 1.44 HD floppy disk into /dev/fd0) $ cat boot > /dev/fd0 (remove 1.44 HD floppy from /dev/fd0, label as "ELKS boot" or some other logical name) (put a new 1.44 HD floppy into drive /dev/fd0) $ cat root > /dev/fd0 (remove 1.44 HD floppy from /dev/fd0, label as "ELKS root" or some other logical name) (congratulate yourself on successful creation of your ELKS disks) Example (combination boot/root disk): (put 1.44 HD floppy disk into /dev/fd0) $ cat comb > /dev/fd0 (remove 1.44 HD floppy from /dev/fd0, label as "ELKS boot/root" or some other logical name) (congratulate yourself on successful creation of your ELKS disk) 4. Credits/Thanks So far, the only people I would like to thank for their help on this are all the good folks working on the ELKS project. Since this is the first version of this document, no one has yet had time to come forward and offer help writing/editing it. So, thanks you guys. Oh, and thanks to my father for bringing me this jumbo sweet potato. Mmmmm. Sweet potato. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Balaun [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Bug reports welcome. Requests for help will be answered when time permits. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
ELKS - INSTALL.TXT - v0.0.1 - 21 January 2000 Original Author - Matt Balaun - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here are basic instructions on installing ELKS, the Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset, onto one or more floppy disks for use on your PC. Table of Contents: ================== 1. Introduction 2. Installation - DOS/Win3.x/Win9x/WinNT users 3. Installation - Linux users 4. Credits If you have any questions about this document, please email the author, Matt Balaun, at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or post your question to the linux-8086 discussion list. Information on this list is available at: http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ 1. Introduction These are 1.44 MB disk images for ELKS, the Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset, as contained in the file IMAGES.ZIP and as of ELKS version 0.0.82: boot - disk image used in creating the boot disk root - disk image used in creating the root disk comb - disk image used in creating a combination boot and root disk As of right now, the author of this document does not fully understand the advantages and disadvantages of making separate boot and root disks versus making a combination boot and root disk. A future version of this document will contain a brief explanation of that. For now, the author recommends doing whatever works for your system. :) 2. Installation - Dos/Win3.x/9x/NT/2000 users For those of you working on a DOS-based system (or a system where you can access a DOS prompt, such as Win9x/NT), you will need the following to create your set of ELKS disks: IMAGES.ZIP (which presumably you've already downloaded if you're reading this document) RAWRITE.EXE (a DOS-based tool used to write disk images onto your floppies) Two 1.44 HD floppy disks (or just one if you want to make the combination boot and root disk) If you are missing IMAGES.ZIP, you can get it from: ftp://linux.mit.edu/pub/ELKS/ If you are missing RAWRITE.EXE, you can get it from: ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware-7.0/bootdsks.144/ *NOTE: This probably isn't the best place to get RAWRITE from, but its the first one that came to mind. Someone suggest a better place, please? If you are missing two 1.44 HD floppy disks, buy them from just about any computer or office supply store on the planet. Once you have all these items, you are ready to start making your ELKS disk set. First, unzip IMAGES.ZIP into a directory on your hard drive. If you don't know how to do this, or if you haven't the tools to do this, download PKZ204G.EXE from (where the heck can a guy get PKZ204G.EXE from these days, anyway?), install it, and read the documentation included with it. Example: C:\> md elks C:\> copy images.zip c:\elks\ C:\> cd elks C:\ELKS> pkunzip images.zip Second, put a copy of RAWRITE.EXE to that same directory Example: C:\ELKS\> cd .. C:\> copy rawrite.exe c:\elks\ C:\> cd elks Third, decide whether you want to make separate boot and root disks or just the combination boot/root disk. Then make them. The format for RAWRITE.EXE is RAWRITE [image name] [drive letter]. You can also just type RAWRITE, and the program will prompt you for the information it needs. Example (for separate boot and root disks): (put a 1.44 HD floppy into drive A:) C:\ELKS\> rawrite boot a: (wait for rawrite to finish writing to drive A:) (remove 1.44 HD floppy from drive A:, label as "ELKS boot" or some other logical name) (put a new 1.44 HD floppy into drive A:) C:\ELKS\> rawrite root a: (wait for rawrite to finish writing to drive A:) (remove 1.44 HD floppy from drive A:, label as "ELKS root" or some other logical name) (congratulate yourself on successful creation of your ELKS disks) Example (for the combination boot/root disk): (put a 1.44 HD floppy into drive A:) C:\ELKS\> rawrite comb a: (wait for rawrite to finish writing to drive A:) (remove 1.44 HD floppy from drive A:, label as "ELKS boot/root" or some other logical name) (congratulate yourself on successful creation of your ELKS disk) 3. Installation - Linux users (This section not complete) Unzip using the unzip command Write disk images using the cat command Example (separate boot and root disks): (put 1.44 HD floppy disk into /dev/fd0) $ cat boot > /dev/fd0 (remove 1.44 HD floppy from /dev/fd0, label as "ELKS boot" or some other logical name) (put a new 1.44 HD floppy into drive /dev/fd0) $ cat root > /dev/fd0 (remove 1.44 HD floppy from /dev/fd0, label as "ELKS root" or some other logical name) (congratulate yourself on successful creation of your ELKS disks) Example (combination boot/root disk): (put 1.44 HD floppy disk into /dev/fd0) $ cat comb > /dev/fd0 (remove 1.44 HD floppy from /dev/fd0, label as "ELKS boot/root" or some other logical name) (congratulate yourself on successful creation of your ELKS disk) 4. Credits/Thanks So far, the only people I would like to thank for their help on this are all the good folks working on the ELKS project. Since this is the first version of this document, no one has yet had time to come forward and offer help writing/editing it. So, thanks you guys. Oh, and thanks to my father for bringing me this jumbo sweet potato. Mmmmm. Sweet potato. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Balaun [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Bug reports welcome. Requests for help will be answered when time permits.
