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36 lines
2.8 KiB
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$WW,1$$FG,5$$TX+CX,"Installation Notes"$$FG$
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The CD-ROM INSTALL option will automate much of this.
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See $LK,"::/LT/Doc/Boot.TXZ","FI:::/LT/Doc/Boot.TXZ"$ for an overview of booting. See $LK,"Hardware Supported","FI:::/LT/Doc/Hardware.TXZ"$.
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Two LoseThos partitions are highly recommended, so you can boot to a back-up and fix the primary when you work on it. Odds are, you only need a couple gigabytes for your LoseThos partitions.
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$ID,2$$LK,"AddDrives","MN:AddDrives"$() use if drive is partitioned
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$ID,2$This command mounts a drive making it accessible. For simplicity, select $FG,2$'C'$FG$ as the base drive letter for your hard drive. LoseThos needs 4 numbers to utilize a hard drive -- base0, base1, irq# and unit. When you enter a hexadecimal number, do it like in $FG,2$C$FG$ with a $FG,2$0x$FG$ prefix. Older computers have $FG,2$IDE$FG$ hard drives and newer ones have $FG,2$SATA$FG$. My $FG,2$SATA$FG$ numbers are $FG,2$0xFE00$FG$, $FG,2$0xFE10$FG$ and $FG,2$5$FG$.
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$ID,-2$
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$LK,"PartitionDrive","MN:PartitionDrive"$() use if drive is not partitioned
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$ID,2$This will perform a special $LK,"AddDrives","MN:AddDrives"$() automatically.
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$BK,1$WARNING:$BK,0$ This command erases everything on a hard drive. It repartitions a whole drive and formats the partitions as LoseThos partitions. This command should be skipped if you already have your hard drive partitioned.
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$ID,-2$
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$ID,-2$2) $LK,"Format","MN:Format"$()
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$ID,2$This command formats a partition with the LoseThos file system type.
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$BK,1$WARNING:$BK,0$ If you are reformatting a LoseThos partition, be sure not to lose the file, $FG,2$/0000Boot/OldMBR.BIC$FG$.
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$ID,-2$3) $LK,"CopyTree","MN:CopyTree"$()
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$ID,2$This command is used to copy files onto a hard drive partition from the CD-ROM. Type something like $FG,2$CopyTree("T:/","D:/");$FG$ to copy files. Use the drive letter of the partition in place of $FG,2$'D'$FG$.
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$ID,-2$4) $LK,"InstallBoot","MN:InstallBoot"$()
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$ID,2$This command recompiles the source code on a partition and writes to the $UL,1$partition's$UL,0$ boot record. You'll need to reenter the $LK,"AddDrives","MN:AddDrives"$ information so it can be stored in the kernel. At the end, it'll ask for base0, base1 and Irq# again.
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$ID,-2$5) $LK,"InstallMasterBoot","MN:InstallMasterBoot"$()
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$ID,2$This command places a boot loader on a drive to boot partitions. It saves the old master boot record and replaces it. When you boot, you will have the option of booting the old master boot record. This command can be skipped if you already have a boot loader. Be sure not to lose the copy of the old boot record, like if you reformat the partition. It is stored in the $FG,2$/0000Boot$FG$ directory.
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If you have anti-virus software, it might object to having a different master boot record.
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$ID,-2$
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