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Linux on a Toshiba T1600
Technical data
- 80286 processor with 12 MHz
- 1 MB RAM
- 20 MB harddisc, 3.5" floppy
- EGA display with 16 gray tones
Because there are not very much alternatives within the Linux area for 286er computer, here ELKS is used in the version 0.0.82. ELKS is still in a very early development stage, it is therefore only very reduced usable for the daily work. However, there is a vi already, into which HTML or programs can be hacked.
Installation
Download here the file images.zip (pre-compiled images). Alternatively you can download also the sources from the ELKS homepage (see below). Here is described the installation of the binaries.
I created a boot floppy disc, in order to be able to leave an existing WIN3.1/Dos-Installation on the computer. Unpack the file images.zip in a directory of your choice. You find thereafter the files boot, comb and root in this directory. Boot is the image for the creation of the boot discette, root contains the root floppy disc and comb permit the installation of boot and root on a floppy disc.
Installation with Linux
First: unpack the file images.zip with unzip images.zip as root.
Example 1: Separate boot and root floppy disc
Put a disc into your floppy disc drive. Execute in the directory, in which the images are saved, the following command:
dd if=boot of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
After the creation you remove the boot disc from the drive, mark them with e.g.. "ELKS boot" and insert a new disc.
dd if=root of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
creates now the root disc. Take the floppy disc and mark you them with "ELKS from root".
Example 2: Combined boot/root disc
They need a floppy disc with at least 720 KB capacity. Put a disc into your floppy disc drive. Execute in the directory, in which the images are situated, the following command:
dd if=comb of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
Installation with DOS/Win 3.x/Win9x
Procure yourselves the DOS Tool RAWRITE.EXE from the installation CD of a Linux distribution. Boot the computer in the DOS mode. Unpack the file images.zip with pkunzip images.zip in a directory of your choice. Copy RAWRITE.EXE into the same directory.
Version 1: Two floppy discs
Insert a disc into your floppy disc drive.
rawrite boot a:
creates the boot disc. Take the disc and mark you them e.g. with "ELKS boot disc". Insert a new floppy disc and create with
rawrite root a:
the root disc.
Version 2: One discette
rawrite comb a:
creates a combined boot/root disc.
I have decided for the second version, because I haven't to play discjockey during bootup :-)))
Links to similar topics
Downloads
| images.zip | All 3 discette images as packed file |
| boot | boat image |
| root | root image |
| comb | combined boot/root image |
| README | ELKS Readme (engl.) |
| INSTALL | ELKS description of installation (engl.) |
| German elks faq.html | German-language ELKS FAQ |
