Re: Install on small HDD

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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:18:01 -0500

Doesn't seem too difficult but I cant understand why if the OS can run from
a 700 meg CD, it cant run from copying those files onto a hard drive, If
they are compressed on the CD, why can't they be compressed on the HDD? I
presume it is using some kind of RAM drive in memory?

At any rate if I can't, I can't so I tried the 3.7 and it runs curiously:
Firstly it doesn't run full screen as the earlier ones did, it runs in what
looks like a 640x480 box in the middle of the screen: Might be a slightly
sharper box, meaning I am not actually losing or gaining anything

Secondly whereas the 3.2 saw the (Mac OS 8.0) drive and saw the files in it,
the 3.7 only sees 8 hard drives and I cant open any of them: It shows all
as being separate unmounted partitions (3.2 saw the Mac files as being on
hard drive Partition No:7. Can't imagine why???).

Lastly whereas both revisions saw my Netgear 401 PC card as WiFi card, (in
fact as an Orinoco card) and know how to light up the light on it, neither
will let me onto my wireless network and surf the Internet with it. I tried
entering 192.168.12.1 and it seemed completely baffled, giving me what I
thought was an annoying Windows error message that it couldn't find the
location, - meaning I am not connected to the Internet

Lastly I tried both the original kernel and the 2.6 beta kernel (whatever
that means in practical terms) and couldn't see the difference. But once I
had found the RUN command, I don't see anything too dreadfully difficult
while I am playing around with the instructions set out at
http://big-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=44#44

But as I commented, it does seem a bit pointless if I cant actually copy all
the 700 megabytes of files on the CD ROM onto the hard drive or find a
distro which will let me use my WiFi network?

I remain baffled but at least have always been impressed by a GUI which can
do what Windows manages to do by identifying and configuring everything
which it does. (This perplexed IBM out of business with OS/2 which couldn't
identify, configure or install anything)

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