HD Install :: do u need windows to run dsl??

need more info of ur computer
hdd size
ram 32 will not do
cdrom drive
floppy?
processor
speed
etc.[B]

After endless struggling to get Win98 properly on an old 40meg ram laptop I picked up, I thought I would try linux. DSL has worked easily the best of the small distro's I have tried. I completely reformatted the hard disk (using a booted DOS 'setup' floppy disk) leaving a blank HD ('hda1') except for the basic command com files ie, NO Windows, NO DOS 6.0 etc. loaded. I used other utilities on floppies to repartition and designate 'hda2' linux and 'hda3' swap partitions and then used a 'poormans install' of DSL. Live boots great, HD installed after.
32megs ram is enough as long as you don't try and load up your desired extensions at boot. I keep mine (and saved e-mail addresses, mails, settings also) in subfolder on Hda1 where they reside untouched each time I load a new DSL version. Then, I mount the hda1 drive and, using Emelfm, copy over all extensions etc. onto the Hda2 linux partition into home/dsl where they can all be loaded up using the 'mydsl' button.

DB,

You might be able to avoice the manual copying part by doing the following:

1) Store all of your sometimes-loaded extensions inside /mnt/hda1/optional

2) Boot with the "dsl mydsl=/dev/hda1" command.

Your extensions should appear on the menu list, but will not be installed until you click on each one from the menu

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