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[ILUG] create_compressed_fs

[ILUG] create_compressed_fs

Niall O Broin niall at magicgoeshere.com
Tue Jun 20 12:26:15 IST 2000


On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 09:56:56AM +0100, John P. Looney (Kate) wrote:

> > >  but it's still looking for that command, that's not in the distro. Has
> > > anyone gotten a BBC ISO image built yet ?
> > 
> > Yes, the previously mentioned BBC CD meister. The source for
> > create_compressed_fs is, as mentioned, on the CD. As find apparently is NOT
> > your friend (maybe it doesn't like you now that you've attained high office)
> > I did it for you, and found it in /usr/src/cloop, when booted from the CD.
> 
>  Ah. That would require me to have gotten one of the linuxcare ones with
> the ISO burned on it ;)

No, it wouldn't. I knew that a number of people had only got blanks, hence I
explained how to get it in the part starting

Alternatively, you can get it like this  

>  I'll see if I can burn the ISO on it....done. Excellent.

No need to do that, and a bit of a waste as you want a customised version.
Just follow my alternative instructions. Incidentally, I find having a CD-RW
handy for this kind of experimentation is a good idea - it makes mistakes a
tad cheaper.


Kindest regards,



Niall




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