[ale] Overlay and linux

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I got it working, I installed the overlay, then used partition magic to
make it smaller, then made the linux partition etc, and she just boots off
a disk now, which is fine, since she is just getting started w/ it, it
will be a while before she uses it alot

thanks everyone

Nick

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Mike Nelson wrote:

> If you add up the time you are going to spend working around the
> non-LBA bios, you may find that a $25 LBA-aware EIDE controller card
> (one that has the BIOS extensions) will be a bargain, even if you buy it
> out of your own pocket. There are some sorry add-on cards out there.
> 
> There's a lot of issues to consider - see the eide FAQ. Search
> for eidep1.txt or
> http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~malleman/pchw/eidep1.txt
> It mentions brand names.
> 
> With EZ-Drive or Ontrack Disk Manager, Lilo is not an option.
> Loadlin works as the newer kernels are supposedly aware of the
> mangled partition tables. 
> 
> With the overlay the real problems occur later - boot sector virus
> attacks, the inevitable win95 re-installs.  The lost Disk Mangler
> support disk. If you boot from a vanilla Dos floppy, you won't be able
> to see drives data. (The disk translator software will come with a
> support floppy to allow that, if it hasn't been lost.)
> 
> 
> The HOWTO's you want can be browsed at
> http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/    
> see Loadlin+Win95, Largedisk, &others.
> 
> You may also consider that the older 486 will have an older serial port
> chip (8250, or 16450) so external 56K modems won't be usable (or
> even 33.6)
> 
> 
> 
> -------------Original message follows----------------------
> A friend of mine wants to install linux on her machine, but its an old
> 486 w/o LBA, Shes installing a 1.7 gb and it will need an overlay for
> the machine to recognize it, I know that linux doesnt need an overlay
> or
> anything because of lilo, How would I go about installing on a  machine
> w/ an overlay? The drive is brand new so data loss isnt an issue, is
> there a how-to or something?
> 
> let me know it isnt clear what im trying to do let me know and ill try
> again
> 
> Nick
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> If you add up the time you are going to spend working around the
> non-LBA bios, you may find that a $25 LBA-aware EIDE controller card
> (one that has the BIOS extensions) will be a bargain, even if you buy it
> out of your own pocket. There are some sorry add-on cards out there.
> 
> There's a lot of issues to consider - see the eide FAQ. Search
> for eidep1.txt or
> http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~malleman/pchw/eidep1.txt
> It mentions brand names.
> 
> With EZ-Drive or Ontrack Disk Manager, Lilo is not an option.
> Loadlin works as the newer kernels are supposedly aware of the
> mangled partition tables. 
> 
> With the overlay the real problems occur later - boot sector virus
> attacks, the inevitable win95 re-installs.  The lost Disk Mangler
> support disk. If you boot from a vanilla Dos floppy, you won't be able
> to see drives data. (The disk translator software will come with a
> support floppy to allow that, if it hasn't been lost.)
> 
> 
> The HOWTO's you want can be browsed at
> http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/    
> see Loadlin+Win95, Largedisk, &others.
> 
> You may also consider that the older 486 will have an older serial port
> chip (8250, or 16450) so external 56K modems won't be usuable (or
> even 33.6)
> 
> 
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> E-Mail: Mike Nelson <mnelson at bellsouth.net>
> Date: 30-Apr-98
> Time: 22:51:21
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