RE: [coLinux-devel] Installer for CoLinux

[Bjorn S. <sw...@in...>]

So, where do we get the rest of the files to build the install exe ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: col...@li... 
> [mailto:col...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Brian Dunford-Shore
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 11:38 AM
> To: col...@li...
> Subject: [coLinux-devel] Installer for CoLinux
> 
> 
> 
> Attached is an installer script for NullSoft 
> (install_colinux.nsi) that creates an installer: 
> Install_Colinux.exe.  Excerpts from the documentation page 
> that is installed is included below to explain what the 
> distribution is for.
> 
> The installer script has been modified to remove/install the 
> Cooperative Linux driver (as an option that is on by default).
> 
> Once I have done just a little more testing (and maybe updated 
> the documentation more) I will be trying to find a home on the 
> web for this distribution so that others may download and use 
> it.
> 
> I am open to having the ideas in this just folded into other 
> distribution (instead of creating just another distribution).
> 
> Brian H. Dunford-Shore
> bh...@ea...
> 
> 
> =============Excerpt from documentation=====================
> 
> Introduction
> 
> This distribution of Cooperative Linux is meant to provide a 
> complete and 
> relatively easy-to-use setup of Cooperative Linux. It is 
> complete in the sense 
> that it will install the Cooperative Linux programs and Linux 
> kernel, let you 
> choose to install a Linux file system file and swap device, 
> it will write 
> configuration files for each file system installed, it will 
> (optionally) install 
> Cooperative Linux as a Service, and it will provide menu 
> items for starting, 
> and configuring Cooperative Linux.
> 
> The instructions below all assume that you have full 
> administrative access to 
> your computer.
> 
> It is meant to be installed on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP 
> computer with 
> a file system that is using NTFS (the default file system 
> type for Window 2000 
> or XP). See the following section on Disk Space Usage for 
> behavior on non 
> NTFS file systems.
> 
> Disk Space Usage
> 
> It may be installed on a file system that uses FAT or FAT32, 
> but it will then 
> use the real size of the files (1GB for the Debian 
> distribution, 6GB for the 
> Fedora Core 1 distribution and 256MB or 2GB for the swap 
> device). If it is 
> installed on an NTFS file system, then it will only use the 
> amount of space that 
> Linux is currently really using"not the amount of space 
> allocated for the 
> Linux file system. The following table shows the installed 
> sizes for the give 
> Linux 'devices': 
> File system		Approximate Real		Space Allocated
> device file		Space Used			
> ==========		================	=============
> Debian (root_fs)	66MB				1GB
> 
> Fedora Core 1 
> (fc1_6gb_root)	399MB			6GB
> 
> 256 MB 
> swap device		128KB			256MB
> 
> 2GB
> swap device		128KB			2GB
> 
> So on an NTFS file system, the second column shows the space 
> really used 
> while on FAT or FAT32 (if a file that large could be held by 
> that file system) 
> the third column shows the amount of space that would be 
> used. NOTE: if 
> you install more files and use more space in Cooperative 
> Linux (or use swap 
> space for the swap devices) then the amount of Windows file 
> system space 
> used will grow and can grow to the amount of space given in the third 
> column.
> 
> Cooperative Linux Menus
> The installation package has installed menus (select the 
> Start menu in the 
> lower left hand corner, followed by Programs and Cooperative Linux). 
> There are menu items for:
> *   Checking or changing your Cooperative Linux configuration 
> *   Starting the Cooperative Linux Daemon 
> *   Starting the Cooperative Linux Console 
> *   Starting the Cooperative Linux Console (with an NT console) 
> *   Starting the Cooperative Linux Service (see the Cooperative Linux 
>     Service configuration section below for some additional 
> information 
>     before attempting this). 
> 
> 
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