Re: Install-Packages


Subject: Re: Install-Packages
From: Adam Elkins (LinuxRobot@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 20:15:34 AKST


It will be a plaything, more like a learning experiance....The robot
currently uses a 286, so I know the 386 will run it. I'm worried about how
dosemu ports though, I will need access to the serial port. A question...it
has no cdrom, if I add one, I can just boot from floppy? with Linux I dont
really need a BIOS do I? I know it's bios dosent support cdroms.

On Monday 28 January 2002 07:47 pm, Mac Mason wrote:
> A kernel plus dosemu (plus the rest of the system, granted) will do it.
> Heck, debian is compiled for 386. It will run there - set that old
> sucker up as a plaything.
>
> ~Mac~
>
> On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 17:55, Adam Elkins wrote:
> > I ditched Debian and went with Red Hat. I felt bad watching it do all the
> > work for me though, I had intended on learning somehing. I no have
> > Mandrake and RedHat currently, Only two boxes left, one will be a fight
> > with the wife, and the other is an old 386.....good luck to me. All I
> > want it for is to run one DOS program....(to run a robot I have) nothing
> > more. so, a kernel and DOSEMU should do it right? I'll proll wait till
> > friday before I tackle that one...
> >
> > --| A D A M |--
> >
> > On Monday 28 January 2002 05:21 pm, Mac Mason wrote:
> > > :-P
> > >
> > > I started with Mandrake.
> > > But the pull of apt-get kept calling, esp. after the third time I went
> > > into rpm-dependecy-hell.
> > >
> > > ~Mac~
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 01:17, Adam Elkins wrote:
> > > > Acctually, I gave Debian the boot. I went with Red Hat instead. MUCH
> > > > easier install, at least, until I know a bit more what I am doing.
> > > >
> > > > -Adam
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 21:43, Mac Mason wrote:
> > > > > What version of debian are you running? (2.2r5, woody, or sid?)
> > > > > (It will tell you this when you log in)
> > > > > I've done several X installs on debian - they can be a little odd,
> > > > > but I've hacked it together before.
> > > > >
> > > > > ~Mac~
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 22:25, Adam Elkins wrote:
> > > > > > Ok, I'd like to get a GUI up on this thing....how do I go about
> > > > > > doing that? I've found <on the debain cd> x11 (which I assume I
> > > > > > need). Also, why would it deny me permission if I am root?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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