Re: installing- last try before win98
smoke wrote:
>
> i downloaded the files from the getting started, dos install. i have
> install, linux
> drv1440.bin, loadlin.exe, root.bin,resc1440.bin and base2_1.tgz.
> i run the install bat and get a command to enter kernal name. i tried
> linux and nothing
> happens. WHAT IS THE KERNEL out of these files? IS LINUX SUPPOSED TO
> HAVE
> AN EXTENSION?
The file "linux" is the kernel. There is no extension, and if you look
at the contents of the install.bat file, you will see that it is looking
for a kernel file named linux. One thing you might be doing wrong is
that you don't have all the Linux files in the same DOS directory. Also,
you can't do this from a DOS Window - you have to be in Real DOS Mode.
I guess it's also possible that some drivers/programs that you are
loading from autoexec.bat or config.sys are interfering with Loadlin.
And be sure that smartdrv (disk caching for DOS) is not running when you
do this. You can see what's running in DOS with this command: mem /c/p
> IF I DO GET AN INSTALLATION TO WORK WILL I SEE A GRAPHICS PAGE OR
> JUST
> #
> #
> #
> # ?
You will get a color screen and will be prompted each step of the way.
Nothing real fancy - but functional.
> i want to learn linux, but if it is uninstallable without knowing unix
> commands i will
> buy windows 98.
> i have compacted a second harddrive, and ran fips. i have two
> partitions. i have the
> files required according to the getting started page in a file on the
> dos partition.
> WHAT DO I TYPE IN FOR THE KERNAL?
> is the base 2-1.tgz a compressed file i have to unzip?
No - don't uncompress that file. The install program will do that for
you when the time comes. Just put/keep all those files in the same DOS
directory.
Tom
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