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Re: Distro tries to set up own partition

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On 3/24/23 4:25 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
> *+-This does not mean Quantian can't work, but might imply there are at
> *+-least differences in how to get it to work. It is also possible that
> *+-some hardware is not supported in Quantian's Linux (kernel) version.
> 
> It could mean the Quantian ISO on archivos on sourceforge is bad
> 
> But I can't find another one to try
> 
> WHat I will try is Linpus from Archive.org, just to prove the bad-iso vs
> bad-distro theory
> 
> 
> I appreciate the mention of the Virtual Box  approach, just that I haven't
> been able to properly think about it yet

   Bad downloadables DO happen ... so DO try to find
   an alternative.

   You're making me nervous though - I'm afraid you're
   gonna nuke your whole system trying to force Knoppix
   in there. A few of the suggestions myself and others
   have made can be catastrophic if not done *perfectly*.

   I posted a kind of guide to using VirtualBox. It is
   not complete, but I hope you can see the basic steps
   required to set up a VM for your Knoppix. This is
   the SAFE approach and, to a degree, is more likely
   to work for an old distro AND gives better access
   to current system hardware and such.

   I've been able to run CP/M-86 on VBox (it was the
   "other disk" that came with the original IBM-PCs)
   and there were no hardware/driver issues for simply
   making it run. Printers and such can kinda bridge
   thru VBox and you can get at least very basic operation.
   Good luck finding a driver for CP/M-86 for anything
   but a TTY printer  :-)

   Oh, and there ARE some Turbo Pascal's that'll run
   in CP/M-86 ...... v1,2 and I think 3. DOS was kind
   of a rip-off of CP/M and they are similar enough
   under the hood so the TP compilers don't have to
   work very hard.

   If VBox decides to just directly run the Knoppix
   ISO image then note the image needs to be
   *somewhere* VBox can get at it. This can be as
   a file on your HDD, in your current distro, if
   necessary. Otherwise you'd always need to
   insert the CD. There is a very very minimal Linux
   called Slitaz (made in Tasmania) that does not
   want to install to an actual HDD partition - but
   VBox can run the ISO directly and it comes up
   perfectly well.

   Note that your Knoppix is almost surely 32-bit, so
   in VBox you'll be asked what kind of system - and
   you need to manually pick the generic Linux 32-bit
   option from the menu. The auto-detect is kinda stupid.

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Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-23 20:09 +0000
  Re: Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-23 20:15 +0000
  Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-03-23 13:55 -0700
    Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "24E.X756" <24E.X756@noq21u.net> - 2023-03-23 21:46 -0400
      Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-24 08:44 +0100
        Re: Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-24 20:27 +0000
          Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-24 23:48 -0400
          Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-25 12:30 +0100
            Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-26 00:52 -0400
              Re: Distro tries to set up own partition jeshgrca <jeshgrca@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 08:35 -0500
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-26 18:50 +0200
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition jeshgrca <jeshgrca@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 14:07 -0500
              Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-03-26 08:01 -0700
              Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-26 16:08 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-26 20:14 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-27 01:24 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-26 23:34 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-27 06:59 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-28 00:03 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-28 16:52 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-28 22:31 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-27 13:27 +0100
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-28 00:08 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-28 17:03 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-28 22:46 -0400
      Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-03-24 11:21 -0400
        Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-25 00:20 -0400
          Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-03-25 11:47 -0400
            Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-26 00:46 -0400
  Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "Nuno Silva" <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-24 07:38 +0000
    Re: Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-24 20:25 +0000
      Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-25 00:48 -0400
  Re: Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-27 18:41 +0000
    Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-03-27 11:53 -0700

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