To: Paul Khoury <pkhoury@earthlink.net> Cc: jose@cnct.com, pkhoury@earthlink.net, linux-8086@vger.rutgers.edu From: jose@cnct.com Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 04:25:22 -0400 (EDT) Newsgroups: linux.dev.8086 I've tried out ELKS on a few systems with MDA, CGA, and VGA, so I personally know those work (usually, I'm sure someone will find an exception somewhere). Also I believe others have tried and succeeded with Hercules and EGA, so I don't think you'll have a problem with video support. I did have a problem trying to get elks to run on my old Tandy notebook, but I didn't think much of it as it's on it's last legs, so TGA might not work (though I don't see why not). If you want to play with the code, you do need bigLinux setup on a machine to compile ELKS. As far as I know, nothing special is needed on bigLinux except the development tools and the source. However, most of the newer releases have boot and root disk images you can write with rawrite or a similar utility from DOS. These images are just like bigLinux boot and root images, nothing special is needed here. So you can transfer the image files to the target machine however you like and rawrite them there. If anything I said is wrong, please reply for everyone's sake! :) --Jose BTW- Since I haven't seen anything about it on the list, linux.mit.edu is back up!! On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Paul Khoury wrote: > So what's the deal on graphics cards support? Also, since I have my system *sorta* set up, do I need the > kernel sources from Slakware, or are those supplied on the ELKS site? I just needed to know, because df > indicated that I have aprox. 90% filled, and need to find a new storage solution FAST (or buy a full tower case > that can hold my 3 IDE drives, 2 SCSI CD-ROMS, 1.44 floppy, and an additional 360K), which also reminds > me: do I need to have a 360K floppy on this machine to transfer ELKS to my PCs, or could I send it by modem > through a leased line, or Laplink cables? Thanks again. > > Paul > Regards, > > Paul Khoury > pkhoury@earthlink.net > >
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