Re: Fw: [Rule-list] Re: How to install? (Jorge L. Beker)

[Raymundo Baquirin]

Hi, Jorge,

On Sunday 19 May 2002 00:00, you wrote:
>  What is the difference betwwen miniconda and slinky? 
I guess you mean, as far as mounting goes.  If that's the case then the 
answer is that the boot disks in both are msdos file system images, so when 
you do a loop mount it should be type msdos.

>  Do you know how to
>  extract the files that you say under DOS? Because I dont have a linux
>  machine! I cant install it!!!

As far as I know, you do have to boot a loop-aware linux kernel in order to 
do a loop mount.  I have previously used looplinux 
(http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/).  There are complete 
instructions at the site but basically all you need is to download the file 
loopslak.bin and the Slackware kernel of your choice (all Slackware kernels 
have loop support).

Then you can do:
        loadlin bzImage initrd=loopslak.bin root=/dev/ram0

After logging in as root do:
        mkdir /mnt/win /mnt/floppy
        mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win                # mount your windows 
partition
        cd /mnt/win/rule/miniconda/7.3                  # or wherever the 
boot.img file is
        mount -t msdos boot.img /mnt/floppy -o loop     # loop mount the floppy 
image
        cd /mnt/floppy
        ls                                              # this should show 
vmlinuz and initrd.img
                                                        # w/c you can copy to 
your win partition
HTH,
Ray