GNU/Fiwix Live-FileSystem Image v1.3
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This file is a live-filesystem to play with the Fiwix kernel.

Inside you can find a lot of several packages ported from RedHat 5.2. Most of
them are compiled and linked statically, except some ones which are dynamically
linked.

In the /root directory you'll see a set of application demos that will permit
you to play with the newly added SVGAlib kernel support. Some of them may not
work due to the emulation/simulation/virtualization you use with the GNU/Fiwix
operating system.

WARNING: All packages has been compiled in a RedHat 4.2 and/or RedHat 5.2. If
you compile this packages in a RedHat 6.0 or newer maybe does not work.


Using it with Bochs
-------------------
To use this image as a virtual hard disk using Bochs, you must add the
following line in your $HOME/.bochs/bochsrc file:

ata0-master: type=disk, path="/path/to/fiwix60mb.img", cylinders=121, 
heads=16, spt=63, translation=auto, biosdetect=auto, model="Generic 60MB"


Using it with QEMU (recommended)
--------------------------------
Just execute the following command:

# qemu -fda fiwix-0.3.x.img -hda fiwix60mb.img -boot a -m 32


Changing the root filesystem
----------------------------
If you want to test the live-filesystem as the root filesystem, you'll have to
change a kernel parameter.

You can do it in the grub.conf file of the floppy image, substituting the
parameter passed to the kernel "/dev/fd0" by "/dev/hda1", or you can do it on
the fly, pressing "a" when you see the splash screen, and the GRUB will let you
modify the kernel boot line.


Modifying this file
-------------------
If you want to add, modify or delete some parts of this live-filesystem, you
must have activated the Loopback device support in your Linux kernel and do the
following:

to mount this live-filesystem
# losetup /dev/loop0 fiwix60mb.img -o 32256
# mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/somewhere

to umount and deactivate the /dev/loop0 device
# umount /dev/loop0
# losetup -d /dev/loop0


Thanks.

Jordi Sanfeliu
http://www.fiwix.org