[TriLUG] DSL (Damn Small Linux)

[Jason Faulkner]

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Smart boot manager ftw!

On 8/18/06, James McDermott <jim at purpleelephant.org> wrote:
> I would like to find a way to run DSL on several old Pentium 1 (PI)
> computers.
>
> I downloaded a bootfloppy.img file for DSL and then created a boot
> floppy disk. When I run the disk, it seems to load OK to a point and
> then it fails with the message:
>
> Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry.
> Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
> Press Reset Button To Quit
> knoppix#
>
> Is there a DSL boot floppy that will run on these old Pentium 1
> computers where all the needed files and folders are already on the
> floppy? I created the boot floppy on a computer running the Linux
> distribution Edubuntu Version 6.06 LTS.
>
> The Pentium 1 machines that we want to boot into DSL will have no
> operating system on the hard drive.
>
> Thanks,  Jim
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Jason Faulkner
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