Thanks for getting this started. I've had images.zip for quite a while,
now, and didn't know what to do with the unzipped files. It is also nice to
know that the Comb has nothing to do with my hair! :)
I knew just enough Linux (from my unsuccessful installs) that Phill's
version increased my knowledge. And Matt had an excellent DOS instruction
set, too.
Bruce
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2000 10:11 AM
Subject: RE: Call for a README
>Here's a README I've attached the text file too in case you mail program
mangles it. What do you think?
>--------------------------------------------------------
>
>(1) Introduction
>(2) Trying out ELKS using the disk images
>(3) Compiling your own kernel
>
>
>
>(1) Introduction
>
>Hello and welcome to the exciting world of Linux-8086, ELKS, or the
>Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset! This is a project which will eventually
>produce a linux like OS for the 8086(186,286) as well as for the psion
>series of processors. But as you have this file you probably already know
>that so let's get down to buisness.
>
>
>
>(2) Trying out Elks using the images
>
>So you want to give ELKS a try but you don't want all the fuss and bother
of
>compiling the kernel and the tools yourself. No problem. All you need to
>do is grab the images.zip file from the download section of
>http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ELKS and save it to its own
>directory. We'll assume ./ELKS/ is the directory. Then do the following
>
> cd ./ELKS
> unzip images.zip
> ls
>
>Now you should have three files boot, root, and comb. The file called
>"boot" contains the kernel and is used with "root", which contains the
>actual applications, for systems with low capacity diskette drives. The
>file "comb" is a combination of the two disk images and can be used on
>systems with diskette drives with a capacity of 720 kilobytes and higher.
>We'll make all three just to show how it's done. We'll assume that all
>files are being written to "/dev/fd0" but you may have to figure out which
>is the approproate drive on your system. You should still be in the
>./ELKS/ directory. Put a diskette labeld boot in the drive and do the
>following and remember all data on the diskettes will be lost.
>
> dd if=./boot of=/dev/fd0
> /* Change diskettes. Use one labled root*/
> dd if=./root of=/dev/fd0
> /* Change Diskettes. Use one labled comb */
> dd if=./comb of=/dev/fd0
>
>That's it you should now have three diskettes that you can use to boot
>your ELKS system. If you using the boot and root disks you'll have to use
>boot first and insert root when asked. If you can use the comb disk then
>you'll only have to use that disk.
>
>
>
>
>(3) Compiling your own kernel
>
>Compiling your own kernel is a bit more involved but we'll get through it.
>First your going to need a few files from the download section of
>http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ELKS
>
> elks-x.x.xx.tar.gz
> images.zip
> elkscmd-xxxxxxxx.tar.gz
> Dev86bin-x.xx.x.tar.gz
>
>Ok so you've got the files personnally I like to keep them in /ELKS/ so
>that's what I'll assume your doing. So cd to /ELKS and let's get started
>The first thing we need to do is install the Developement tools.
>
> cp Dev86bin-x.x.xx.tar.gz /
> cd /
> tar xvzf Dev86bin-x.x.xx.tar.gz
> rm Dev86bin-x.x.xx.tar.gz
>
>And you should have the 8086 developement tools installed. Next we need to
>cd back to /ELKS/ and untar the elks kernel sources. So
> cd /ELKS
> tar xvzf elks-x.x.xx.tar.gz
> cd ./elks
>
>Now that we're in the source directory we can start setting up the kernel
>the firt thing that needs to be done is
>
> make config
>
>You'll be asked a few questions about how you want the kernel set up, for
>now we'll accept the defaults and just keep hitting enter until we get
>to the end then
>
> make
>
>You'll see a lot of warnings go by for a few minutes, and then we'll assume
>a perfect compile. So we'll now have an diskette image file with our new
>kernel on it. We'll assume we built for the 8086. The image is a little
>buried so we'll have to dig into the source tree to find it
>
> cd /ELKS/elks/arch/i86/
> ls
>
>If the compile was successful you'll have an "Image" file here and you'll
>have to get it onto a diskette I'll assume "/dev/fd0"
>
> dd if=./Image of=/dev/fd0
>
>This will be your boot disk, but you'll need a root disk too so
>
> cd /ELKS/
> unzip images,zip
> dd if=./root of=/dev/fd0
>
>After that you should be able to use the boot and root disks and watch ELKS
>work its linux like magic on your machine. Have fun!
>
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>If you have any suggestions for this readme send your comments to
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>or
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>--Phillip J Rhoades
>
>
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