Neophyte question

[Ralph Stickley]

Yep...the floppy stuff in "in-the-works" :)

Best for testing is to use a 32MB (or 2MB or whatever size your target is)
hard disk partition.  Then you can extract your files, load them and
then LILO your main drive to boot from that partition - Granted, the
floppy or CF target keeps you from rebooting your development station
all day...

Let me know if you find an glitches in the scripts (or just send a patch:)

Good luck!
Later,
Ralph

--- Michael George <george@mintcity.com> wrote:
> On Sep 01, Ralph Stickley wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, so far the most out of sync part is the docs :-O
> > 
> > You first have to convert the RPM files to the tar file packages.
> > Use the Menu options:
> > Manage Package Files
> > Extract All Binary RPM files.
> 
> Okay, great!  This helped immensely.  I got to where I have a small sample
> system in my projects directory.  Since there is still no menu choice for
> making a boot floppy, I presume this is left "as an exercise for the reader"?
> That would explain recommending that the users read the Bootdisk HOWTO...
> 
> Eventually I will be putting a system onto a flash disk, but I'd like to test
> the system and make sure I know what I'm doing with just a boot floppy for a
> desktop system...
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> 
> -Michael
> 
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