Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 10:49:22 + From: Alex Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70 At 00:39 09/02/02 -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote: >Aha! So there IS a way to extract the files from the ISO image file right >to a HDD. I was thinking I could use CD-RW software to write the ISO to a >CD, and then copy the files to the HDD. I'll refrain from wondering too >loudly what the process of "mount it as a loopback device' is. (Man... I >remind myself of those two brothers who would come to my skateboard shop >every day, and bug me by asking questions faster than I could answer them!) Download a copy of Winimage, it's a small program that can open .ISO files and allow you to extract all/any file that you wish. It also will open and write to floppy .IMG files, which are the bootfloppy images. This was how I installed Debian on my Libretto, extract all the files from the cd's into one partition, boot the windows partition in to DOS, and then run the HD install script, hey presto, the worlds smallest unix workstation ! HTH Alex. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 17:20:40 +0800 From: Adrian Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70 On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 12:39:58AM -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote: > I'll refrain from wondering too > loudly what the process of "mount it as a loopback device' is. Well, you sure wondered loud enough. 8-) As root: # mount -o loop whatever.iso /mnt/disk (You should not have to specify the mount type. If you do, odds are your ISO is corrupted.) - Adrian ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 08:32:16 + From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70 >Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:36:31 >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >An ISO image is a single file which contains *all* the data on the CD, >including the directory structures and TOC and whathaveyou. When you copy >an ISO, it's copied bit-for-bit instead of treating it as a file, so when >the CD is read, all the file structures appear as normal. H... so are the 4 different types of images you were talking about putting onto 1.44MB FDs ISO images that have been written to the FDs via some piece of software? If so, what writes them to the FDs? >If you really want to get exotic, you can download an ISO image, mount it >as a loopback device, which lets you see the contents, copy the contents to >the HD, and run an installation from there. Never need to see a CD :) Aha! So there IS a way to extract the files from the ISO image file right to a HDD. I was thinking I could use CD-RW software to write the ISO to a CD, and then copy the files to the HDD. I'll refrain from wondering too loudly what the process of "mount it as a loopback device' is. (Man... I remind myself of those two brothers who would come to my skateboard shop every day, and bug me by asking questions faster than I could answer them!) Still, the $5 IDE adaptor method sounds the most livable Matt _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:36:31 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70 >Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 07:29:21 + >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70 > >Now I forget whether or not an ISO image is one big file or not. It is >isn't it? And CD burning software extracts the componets and burns them to >a CD... right? An ISO image is a single file which contains *all* the data on the CD, including the directory structures and TOC and whathaveyou. When you copy an ISO, it's copied bit-for-bit instead of treating it as a file, so when the CD is read, all the file structures appear as normal. > >>From what Neil and people have been saying, I take it that there's some >advantage to booting from the Mandrake installation CD over just having the >installation files on the HDD, and running the installation from there. > >Wonder what that may be. Booting from the installation CD is easiest - it's how they expect you to do it so everything is set up that way. Stuffing the CD onto a dos partition and running with a floppy is quickest because the HD is the fastest data store on the system. If you really want to get exotic, you can download an ISO image, mount it as a loopback device, which lets you see the contents, copy the contents to the HD, and run an installation from there. Never need to see a CD :) > >Matt > > >_ >Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > > > > >** >http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list >http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives >http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- >Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be >addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text >on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- >Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest >** > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 07:29:21 + From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70 >Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:04:37 -0500 (EST) >From: Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >If you have access to a CD burner, I'd suggest http://www.linuxiso.org/ > > > > This site is talking about burning the ISO image to a CD that can be >made bootable. I don't know about the newer Libs, but I'm pretty sure >these L50s and L70s won't boot from a CD-ROM drive. > >Don't know about other distributions, but I installed RedHat 7.1 onto a >Lib 70 from CD, starting from a Windows DOS prompt. Don't recollect the >details offhand - but I think one can just run a batch file from the >dosutils folder of the CD. Perhaps Mandrake has such a folder also? Now I forget whether or not an ISO image is one big file or not. It is isn't it? And CD burning software extracts the componets and burns them to a CD... right? >From what Neil and people have been saying, I take it that there's some advantage to booting from the Mandrake installation CD over just having the installation files on the HDD, and running the installation from there. Wonder what that may be. Matt _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
[LIB] Linux on Lib70
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:04:37 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Linux on Lib70 > >If you have access to a CD burner, I'd suggest http://www.linuxiso.org/ > > This site is talking about burning the ISO image to a CD that can be made > bootable. I don't know about the newer Libs, but I'm pretty sure these L50s > and L70s won't boot from a CD-ROM drive. Don't know about other distributions, but I installed RedHat 7.1 onto a Lib 70 from CD, starting from a Windows DOS prompt. Don't recollect the details offhand - but I think one can just run a batch file from the dosutils folder of the CD. Perhaps Mandrake has such a folder also? Mike ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
