[arachne] Re: D*** BasicLinux

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Hi Greg,

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:14:59 +1030
"Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:11:54 +1100, Ron Clarke wrote:
> 
> > Sure it can. You can set it so that it runs automatically on boot up.
> > But there are times you don't want it loaded, that is why it has been left 
> > the
> > way it is in default.
> 
> I don't understand this.
> 
> To me "pppsetup" is a utility whose job is to allow the various
> parameters for doing a connection to be properly set. Do it once
> and don't touch it again unless you change your ISP.

    Then that can be made to happen.  :)
Steven gave instructions for that (edit /etc/rc) in the BasicLinux mailing 
list, to which you are subscribed.


> > You have filled your file system and there is no more space to put anything.
> 
> It is empty now. Zero percent.
> 
> > When (from DOS) you boot BL with boot.bat, the BasicLinux file system (ext2,
> not
> > fat16) is booted up in RAM.
> > Think RAM disk, with a predefined size. The file system of BL is about 20 MB
> > with the default installation.
> 
> SHEEESH! No wonder I'm in trouble! This computer has only 16
> megs of RAM.

    That is quite enough RAM to run BasicLinux, honest !


> It is deleted.
> 
> But what is the point of starting again if it is going to run out
> of space all the time?

   The point of that version of BasicLinux is to let the newbie have a working 
simple Linux to play with, that doesn't touch the existing hard drives or 
operating systems.

> I mostly like to keep my old stuff, rather than download it and
> install it again every time I want to access it.
> 
> Unless I can save the stuff I've downloaded or installed, Linux
> is not the OS for me.

    And I have also told you how you can download stuff directly to your DOS 
hard disk without taking up space in this particular Linux file system.

     We all start as Linux newbies, and those that really want to learn ask 
questions and become more comfortable with the way Linux works. Linux has many 
features that would be familiar to DOS users, but it is NOT DOS, and it does 
take some time to learn. 

Regards,
        Ron

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