Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Sorry for the ignorant user question, but I've searched everywhere for
> any kind of documentation on installing an operating system in Plex86,
> and I haven't found anything. So I figured I might as well be the first
> to ask this question.
>
> I've downloaded the Plex86 source via CVS and built the kernel module
> and user application. (BTW, to build the kernel with the right version
> information on Red Hat 7, you must install the kernel-source package and
> configure Plex86 with './configure
> --includedir=/usr/src/linux/include'.)
>
> I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do now. I've looked as the
> sample configuration files, but it's just not clicking. I assume that I
> need to do something like the following:
>
> - create a file to act as a virtual disk
>
> - create a configuration file which uses that file as the C: drive
> and provides access to the floppy and CD-ROM drives
>
> - start Plex86, booting DOS from the floppy, and partition/format/
> install the virtual C: drive
>
> Can someone provide some pointers on how to actually perform these
> steps?
I downloaded the bochs source code,
ftp://ftp.plex86.org/bochs/bochs-2000_0325a.tar.gz.
The documents, docs-html/install.html + OldWindows95.html, helped me past
the
steps on your list, except the CD-ROM access.
Tore Haustveit
>
>
> Thanks!
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