Hello,

I have installed TinyLinux on an old laptop. TinyLinux is based on
Slackware 4.0 with Linux 2.2.6 kernel.

I am limited to floppy disks to install. I have a Win98 machine where I
have the downloaded install files for extra programs. Some of the
programs are much larger than a single floppy, the problem is that I do
not know how to copy these programs onto spanned set of floppies that
can be read by the Linux box. If I can get them on the linux box, then I
can install them and have a bit more versatility, such as being able to
connect to the internet. I have downloaded a "UnixUtilities" which
includes tar, but I cannot figure out how these *.exe programs work.

Thanks

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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:53:34 -0700, Shawn Koons
<skoons1ns@netscape.net> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have installed TinyLinux on an old laptop. TinyLinux is based on
>Slackware 4.0 with Linux 2.2.6 kernel.
>
>I am limited to floppy disks to install. I have a Win98 machine where I
>have the downloaded install files for extra programs. Some of the
>programs are much larger than a single floppy, the problem is that I do
>not know how to copy these programs onto spanned set of floppies that
>can be read by the Linux box. If I can get them on the linux box, then I
>can install them and have a bit more versatility, such as being able to
>connect to the internet. I have downloaded a "UnixUtilities" which
>includes tar, but I cannot figure out how these *.exe programs work.
>
>Thanks

Try using Zip (WinZip) on the Win98 machine. It'll span a zip file
across multiple disks.

I can do this, but how do I then put those files on the Linix Box? Does
tar or gzip do this?

Thank you.

Doktor DynaSoar wrote:


> Try using Zip (WinZip) on the Win98 machine. It'll span a zip file
> across multiple disks.


--
Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion.
And religion may, in a real sense, be understood as a popular
misunderstanding of mythology.

Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That

Shawn Koons wrote:
> I can do this, but how do I then put those files on the Linix Box? Does
> tar or gzip do this?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Doktor DynaSoar wrote:
>
>
>> Try using Zip (WinZip) on the Win98 machine. It'll span a zip file
>> across multiple disks.
>
>
>
no, but unzip should...

Shawn Koons wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have installed TinyLinux on an old laptop. TinyLinux is based on
> Slackware 4.0 with Linux 2.2.6 kernel.
>
> I am limited to floppy disks to install. I have a Win98 machine where
> I have the downloaded install files for extra programs. Some of the
> programs are much larger than a single floppy, the problem is that I
> do not know how to copy these programs onto spanned set of floppies
> that can be read by the Linux box. If I can get them on the linux box,
> then I can install them and have a bit more versatility, such as being
> able to connect to the internet. I have downloaded a "UnixUtilities"
> which includes tar, but I cannot figure out how these *.exe programs
> work.
>
> Thanks
>

Tiny linux comes with every thing you should need to get online. If you
downloaded everything in the 'a' and in the 'n' disk sets.. you should
be able to get online with out a problem.. then just download the
packages you want directly. And Tiny Linux definetly includes the
'tar' program.. you don't need to install any separate 'UnixUtilities'
for that.

--
-alex49201

Shawn Koons <skoons1ns@netscape.net> says...

>I have installed TinyLinux on an old laptop. TinyLinux
>is based on Slackware 4.0 with Linux 2.2.6 kernel.

No it isn't. TinyLinux is based on SuSE 6.4.
See: http://tinylinux.sourceforge.net/

Perhaps you are thinking of Tiny Linux. That one is
based on Slackware Linux 4.0.
See: http://tiny.seul.org/en/

In my humble opinion, BasicLinux is a better choice for old PCs
than TinyLinux or Tiny Linux.

BasicLinux 1.x (kernel: 2.0.x, libc5) runs on
a 386 with 4MB of RAM. It is based on Slackware Linux 3.5.

BasicLinux 2.x (kernel: 2.2.x, libc6 (a.k.a. glibc2)) runs on
a 486 with 8MB of RAM. It is based on Slackware Linux 7.1.

See:
http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux/oldpc/index.html
http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/l...tl/product/114
http://cmiller.sdf-us.org/baslin/
http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux/
http://hetteh.iq.pl/bl/index.html


--
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Doc Brown can solve? My resume is at http://www.guymacon.com/

alex49201 <alex@ae.homelinux.com> says...
>
>Shawn Koons wrote:

>> I have installed TinyLinux on an old laptop.

>Tiny linux comes with every thing you should need to get online.

TinyLinux and Tiny Linux are not the same thing. Sort of like
QBasic and QuickBasic. Whoever came second should have pick
a different name. See my post "TinyLinux/Tiny Linux/BasicLinux."




--
Guy Macon, Electronics Engineer & Project Manager for hire.
Remember Doc Brown from the _Back to the Future_ movies? Do you
have an "impossible" engineering project that only someone like
Doc Brown can solve? My resume is at http://www.guymacon.com/

Hmmm...

I have installed "a", "ap" (which Tiny Linux had been renamed "p" - I
just split up the programs in that set, named the set "ap," as was
called for in by the install disk), and "n": Soooo, I probably have
installed more to work with than I realize, but am not versed in setting
up a non-graphical connection to anything, including the Net.

I have used Linux in a few different flavors, but always with X Windows,
a GUI, and a big thick book to hold my hand while I followed the yellow
brick road.

Could you kindly point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Shawn


alex49201 wrote:

>
>
> Tiny linux comes with every thing you should need to get online. If you
> downloaded everything in the 'a' and in the 'n' disk sets.. you should
> be able to get online with out a problem.. then just download the
> packages you want directly. And Tiny Linux definetly includes the
> 'tar' program.. you don't need to install any separate 'UnixUtilities'
> for that.
>

Shawn Koons <skoons@cybertrails.com> says...

>Could you kindly point me in the right direction?

In my opinion, the right direction is found at
http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux/oldpc/index.html

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:53:34 -0700, Shawn Koons wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have installed TinyLinux on an old laptop. TinyLinux is based on
> Slackware 4.0 with Linux 2.2.6 kernel.

Have a look at Deli Linux:
http://delilinux.berlios.de/

I created a CD-ROM with this command, edited from Slack 9:

mkisofs -o /tmp/deli.iso \
-R -J -V "Deli Install" \
-hide-rr-moved \
-v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-c isolinux/isolinux.boot \
-A "Deli Install CD" \
..

Which worked fine, i only had to feed "linux root=/dev/ram initrd=initrd".

It's basically Slackware 7.1 with kernel 2.3.25 - so you can add packages
from that (such as FVWM) after install. And it's actively maintained.

> I am limited to floppy disks to install. [...]

That shouldn't be a problem.

However if at all possible i'd use a lablink (paralell) cable and tweak
"plipconfig", (or a null-modem cable and "slattach") to another box setup
to export the install CD-ROM (or directory) via NFS.

--
-Menno.