i got one. First, make a bootable Linux Diskette.
2- make a batch file that:
-formats an ext2 partition
( i don't know if you can make a batch for creating the swap, and i don't
think so..)
-decompresses the files, opening the archive from CDROM, directly to the
drive.
-this script should
Thanks for the reply.
I have been looking at my test PC which also has Mandrake Linux 8 on it.
In total df shows just under 1.8Gig used. At that size I might only need
one CD and a controlling floppy.
I am wondering if it would be practical to tar and bzip2 the partitions,
which are / /home
During an expert installation of MandrakeLinux 8, it should ask if you want
to create a replication floppy--at least it does with 7.2 not sure about
8.0 or 8.1. I'm not sure how exactly it works, but it should be pretty
close to what you want.
Michael
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Michael Viron
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