[RULE] Intro, questions

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Monday 14 July 2003 06:53 pm, James Miller wrote:
> Hello all.  This is a very interesting project.  I am a participant
> (something of a beta-tester, even though a bit technically-challenged)
> in another project that aims to run Linux on older PC's.  This distro
> is based on Slackware and is called "Basiclinux" (
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux ).  It uses an
> older Slackware release - 7.1, and an older, specially compiled kernel
> (2.2.16).  Have a look at the website, if you're interested.

Will do, thanks for pointing it out.

> Next, I'd just like to bring to folks' attention a nice,
> older-pc-friendly app that may merit inclusion with the distro you're
> working on.  It's called "naim" and is a console instant messaging
> client that does AIM/TOC, Lily, ICQ and IRC protocols.  Very small and
> very efficient on older hardware.  Unfortunately, I doubt there are
> rpm's of it available ( http://site.n.ml.org/info/naim/ for further
> info)

I'll see about making an rpm of the package.

> Finally, about installing RULE.  My target machine runs DOS and
> Basiclinux.  The preferred method of booting Basiclinux is with
> loadlin. I plan on adding a partition for RULE there, and I really will
> need to boot it with loadlin, if that's possible.  I know how to set up
> DOS and loadlin to do this, but I'm not sure how RULE will want to
> handle bootloader installation.  Only GRUB and Lilo are mentioned in
> the docs. Will I be able to cancel out of installing a bootloader
> somehow when I install RULE?  If so, I'll be able to go in later and
> copy the kernel image over to the DOS partition so as to use loadlin,
> as I currently do.

Installing via loadlin shouldn't be a problem.

The "Slinky" installer will be polite, and ask about installing the 
bootloader. You have the option to skip boot loader installation.

Hope that helps,
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