On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 07:34:10PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am having a version of Slackware called Dragon Linux. As per
> the manuals , you can have it on a Windows partition . I
> installed it in E:\Dragon Linux\ from the Cd
>
> Then I went to MSDOS mode and run the setup file as mentioned
> by them. I got into Dragon Linux (the Login prompt , etc.) I
> was asked to run the setup utility , which I did.
>
> This utlity was supposed to check out for the device that
> contained the setup files ....
>
> But it exited on not being able to identify such a device.
>
> If somebody could please tell me what are the setup files that
> they might be looking for (may be I could floppy them in).
>
> Please do help ..
I have not installed Dragon Linux, but am conversant with the
UMSDOS procedure. Normally, most of these UMSDOS distros/ mini
distros are designed to run from C: ... please check the
setup.bat file and make necessary ammends. You would not be able
to run it from E: without tinkering. In case you want to run
from E: then you have to do an rdev on the kernel to point to
the right partition. Normally it is set to /dev/hda1 in the
default distro. Doing an rdev in not a simple proposition, you
have to boot into Linux from a stand-alone floppy distro (like
tomsrtbt or alfalinux), or fron the root/ boot set of Slackware
and do the needful, if you do not have some other Linux on your
hard disk already.
Advice: install on C: if you have space, and it should run ...
Bish.
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####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]###########################
Sub : 16-bit DOS partition thru Linux LOST #061
Formatting a DOS-16 bit partition in Linux:
a) Through Linux fdisk mark the partion predesignated for DOS
FAT-16 as Type 4 (if it is < 32 mb) or Type 6 (if > 32 mb).
b) mkdosfs (man mkdosfs for details). The minimum options are:
mkdosfs -c -f FAT-16 -n volume-label /dev/hdxN
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