On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Steven C. Darnold wrote: > Even two floppies is clunky. I definitely don't want to > go to three. Ideally, I would like to find a way to boot > Linux from winXP using no more than one floppy.
Does your current BasicLinux recognize the XP filesystem? You could use it to install the next version from a directory on the XP partition. > > mounts the root off the tail of the disk image or a second > > disk, then mounts the FAT partition > > If winXP had a FAT partition, there would be no problem. > Boot Linux from one floppy and get compressed filesystem > from the FAT partition. However, AFAIK winXP doesn't > usually have a FAT partition. How hard would such a partition be to create? Can any XP experts help? Boyd Ramsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
