Fw: [Rule-list] Re: How to install?
Jorge L. Beker
jorge2 at lid.com.ar
Fri May 17 23:48:46 EEST 2002
What is the difference betwwen miniconda and slinky? Do you know how to
extract the files that you say under DOS? Because I dont have a linux
machine! I cant install it!!!
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymundo Baquirin" <rayb at apc.edu.ph>
> To: <rule-list at mail.freesoftware.fsf.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 6:40 AM
> Subject: [Rule-list] Re: How to install?
>
>
> > Hi Jorge,
> >
> > On Friday 17 May 2002 00:00, you wrote:
> > > , now, i cant use boot.img to boot with loadlin, and i must put the
> > > floppy drive. If I put floppy drive, i dont have CD, and I dont have
> free
> > > space to
> > > copy all the image... do you now how to load it with loadlin?
> > You can mount the slinky boot image as a loop device:
> > mount -t vfat /path/to/slinky-v02.3.img /mnt -o loop
> > Then copy the needed files:
> > cd /mnt
> > ls
> > (output should be:
> > boot.msg ldlinux.sys rootfs.gz syslinux.cfg vmlinuz )
> > cp vmlinuz rootfs.gz /target/dir
> > Then
> > (from /target/dir after booting into DOS)
> > loadlin vmlinuz initrd=rootfs.gz root=/dev/ram0
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Ray
> >
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