Hi Folks,
> From: "Steven C. Darnold"
> Subject: BasicLinux
> For those of you interested in BasicLinux, I've started
> working on an update, with key-mapping and several other
> new features. However, the really exciting news is that
> yesterday I managed to get Netscape working on BasicLinux.
> The add-on package (X, icewm and Netscape 3.04) is around
> 10meg in size (uncompressed). I haven't tried zipping it
> yet, but it will probably be around a 5meg download.
> At this stage, I am uncertain about the best way to
> distribute BasicLinux+Netscape. It would happily run
> in a ramdisk (like the original BasicLinux), but this
> approach would be limited to systems with 20meg RAM.
> Alternatively, I could use a loop filesystem or UMSDOS
> or a permanent installation on a Linux partition.
> I don't know.
> I'll have to give this some thought. Suggestions are
> welcome.
For myself, I would be most interested in any distribution that could
be loaded from floppy onto an ordinary DOS hard disk, safely make its
own partition, and then be bootable from the DOS prompt.
Is this something you are able to consider ?
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html
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