Re: Elks Distribution

[Neil Holmes <neil.holmes@zoom.co.uk>]

It sounds like your distribution is in advance of that which I have
produced thus far Richard.

My first "stable" version is ready now. I am not sure what the procedure
is here but I have attached a zip file EDE.zip to this email which
contains two floppy image files for install disk one and disk two.

I would be interested to here how it runs elsewhere. 

Here are some notes on what to expect.

- I have tested it on 80286 and 80386 machines.
- I recommend creating a dos partition before starting (at least 20Mb)
- The install will create a 20Mb ELks /dev/bda1
- This first version will only install to /dev/bda1

DON'T TRY IT UNLESS YOU HAVE A BLANK SYSTEM TO PLAY WITH

- There are 2 install floppys. The first is a 0.0.82 kernel root/boot
disk that I am using as an interim measure ot create the filesystem
until 0.1.0 is ok.

- Boot system with floppy 1
- You then have to login as root (as indicated) to start the install
- The install kicks off fdisk
- Set partition type to 81
- Ensure partition is bootable.  
- The script, at the moment, then drops to the hash prompt requesting
disk change and reboot.

- As instructed reboot the system with disk 2
- Again login as root to continue the install
- Everything is automated now.
- The end is a little scruffy at the moment. (You have to wait for
reboot to start before taking the floppy out).

- The system should then reboot into your new ELKS system.

I will be doing a lot more to make this more attractive but I thought it
was a starting point.

I hope you like it.

Feedback appreciated.

Thanks

Neil