On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, linda hanigan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am still working on getting linux onto a machine
> with only 4MB of ram. The old 3.3 slackware
> has low memmory install insructions. I scavanged
> an extra 3 1/2 in floppy drive so I can mount
> a uncompressed root floppy in one drive and
> load from the other floppy drive. It says to
> use loadlin to start. However I want to know
> can I then use fdisk and format the hard drive
> for linux this is where the loadlin is? I really want
> the whole drive for linux not a dual partition. However
> I suppose I could repartiton it for dos and free and
> than turn the dos partition into a second linux
> partition after it works.
> Thanks
> Linda
>
You should be able to use LILO and have it boot directly. Loadlin was
handy for people with a duel boot system that needed to initialise some of
the hardware before starting Linux. I don't think the version of
Slackware you have supports Plug & Play devices.
Just do a normal install, and make sure it does the LILO install. I think
that was optional. It has been a long time sence I played with Slackware.
(Last time I installed it, I used a BIG stack of 3-1/2" disks...)
Mikkel
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