ramdisk install of hal91 and..

[MichaelAnthony]

I downloaded Hal91 (a floppy/ramdisk distro), and have been using it so much to explore and learn about Linux/Unix that I wanted to use it as a regular hardisk install.I also have a "normal" Redhat Distro The problem is is if I dd the floppy image to a partition and configure lilo to boot it, it simply loads it into RAM and alls lost when I turn off my machine. I tried to dd the /dev/ram0 (with hal91 loaded) to the partition, but then it doesnt boot completely and just freezes up. How do I configure it to work just like a regular distro?

Also, I downloaded Debian and installed it (I'm starting to collect distros for fun :D)when I get to the prompt after login and look at file names, the long ones are contracted with the tilde (~), just like in DOS, what gives? If anyone stayed awake to read this whole thing and would like to help please drop me a line, I would greatly appreciate it.

BTW, I'm not just a newbie, I'm a proto-newbie and this is my first time here.

[ 26 March 2001: Message edited by: MichaelAnthony ]

[kuber]

So, is Van Halen getting back with David Lee Roth or what ;) ?

[bdg1983]

So, is Van Halen getting back with David Lee Roth or what ?

I noticed that you posted the same in another thread, but I'm still not understanding you.

Could you please explain. Does it fix the Hal91 ramdisk problem or the filenames with the tilde?

Would this also fix some of your problems? :D

Back to MichaelAnthony...

Have you tried the site you got Hal91 from to see if they have a HD version or at least some documentation on a conversion?

The short filenames seem strange. Never seen that before. Are you using 'ls' to get a directory listing? 'man ls' gives you the options available for the command.

A good place to start reading is the NHF's here. Basic Commands and Bash Configuration are good for the novice.

[MichaelAnthony]

I think David Lee Roth is reuniting with his ego...not sure...could be a rumour...


anyways, I went back to the site for hal91, no real documentation, a very sparse site in general. So, I'll give up trying to install a floppy distro on my hardrive for now, it just sounded like such a cool idea, and I've got bigger problems with Debian. I was using ls to look around and just like in DOS the long names are truncated with a tilde, not only that but I'm not allowed to do anything even though I logged in as root. For instance, I tried to install nano-1.0 (the Pico clone) and it said "access denied " or "permission denied" when I tried to do the conf/make/install bit (which I'm also new at so I might just be doing it wrong), thanks for the advice, I think I'll wade through the Docs at Deb and see if I can't dig something up.