Howard Eisenberger wrote: > > > --------------------------------------------- > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/slack81.zip > > --------------------------------------------- > > Bravo! I have just installed this from a FreeDOS partition on a > 485sx25 with 8 meg ram.
I'm glad to hear that the installation routine worked. You are the first person to try it. > I am also running a hybrid of BL 1.7 with the Smalllinux version > 2.0 kernel (1.0.9) on a 386sx16 laptop with less than 2 meg ram > (640k + 1024k). That's *very* impressive. I didn't realize that the 1.0.9 kernel was so small. How big is the zimage? > Once I renamed all the Slackware packages to .tgz I suspected this might happen. Although my version of DOS kept the .tgz suffixes when it truncated the long filenames, I worried that some DOSes might lose the .tgz. That's why I mentioned the .tgz in the instructions. > this install seemed much simpler than installing BL 1.7 to > hard drive. Thank you. I made a big effort to improve the installation routine. It's not idiot-proof, but it's getting there. > Minor point - I don't think I was able to reboot from Linux > with Ctrl-Alt-Del That's interesting. No problem here with the two machines I'm using. I wonder if it is hardware-related? > so I simply used "reboot" instead. "shutdown -r now" would probably work, too. And then there's always the good ol' reset button. > As far as I am concerned, if you are able to install this version > of Linux on your hardware, the only thing you really need DOS for, > is the installation itself. Yes, Slackware 8.1 has just about anything you need (and, if not, it's got a routine for handling .rpm packages). Even though 8.1 does not perform as well as 3.5 on old hardware, it is a superior option for people who need up-to-date security and a comprehensive range of software. Cheers, Steven 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
