Installing LoseThos

Burn a CD with software that supports ISO files.  Then, boot it.  It's a live 
CD, so you can look around with or without installing.

Dual booting with another operating system is the best way to use LoseThos.  
You'll need a partition for LoseThos.  Windows often comes with a restore disk 
that does not allow repartitioning.  I recommend connecting a spare additional 
hard drive and using the BIOS to select which drive to boot.

The CD-ROM "Install" will automate much of this.

See Boot.TXZ for an overview of booting.  See Requirements for supported 
hardware.  See Upgrading if you are upgrading.

Two LoseThos partitions are highly recommended, so you can boot to a back-up and 
fix the primary when you work on it.  Odds are, you only need a couple gigabytes 
for your LoseThos partitions.

1)
  Mount() use if the drive is partitioned.
    This command mounts a drive making it accessible.  For simplicity, select 'C
    ' as the base drive letter for your hard drive.  The first partition will be 
    'C', second, 'D', etc.  LoseThos needs 3 numbers to utilize a hard drive -- 
    base0, base1, and unit.  When you enter a hexadecimal number, do it like in 
    C with a 0x prefix.  If the probe was successful, you can just enter the 
    number in the probe box instead of base0.
  
  PrtDsk('C') use if drive is not partitioned
  
    This will perform a special Mount() automatically.
    
    WARNING:  This command erases everything on a hard drive.  It repartitions a 
    whole drive and formats the partitions.  This command should be skipped if 
    you already have your hard drive partitioned.
    
    
    WARNING:  This command doesn't play well with other operating systems.  
    You'll need to do a MasterBootZero() to restore your drive to a state where 
    other operating systems can partition it.
  
2) Fmt('D',TRUE,FALSE,PT_FAT32)
  This command formats a partition with FAT32 or the LoseThos native file system 
  type.  Use the drive letter of the partition in place of 'D'.
  
  WARNING:  If you are upgrading, be sure not to lose the file, /0000Boot/OldMBR
  .BIC.
  
3) CopyTree("T:/","D:/")
  This command is used to copy files onto a hard drive partition from the 
  CD-ROM.  Use the drive letter of the partition in place of 'D'.
  
4) InstallBoot('D')
  This command recompiles the source code on a partition and writes to the parti
  tion's boot record.  You'll need to reenter the Mount information so it can be 
  stored in the kernel.
  
5) InstallMasterBoot('D')
  
  The InstallMasterBoot() command places a boot loader on a drive to boot 
  partitions.  It saves the old master boot record to /0000Boot/OldMBR.BIC and 
  replaces it.  When you boot, you will have the option of booting the old 
  master boot record.  This command can be skipped if you already have a boot 
  loader.  Be sure not to lose the copy of the old boot record, like if you 
  reformat the partition.
  
  Delete /0000Boot/OldMBR.BIC if you want to get a fresh copy of a mbr, like if 
  installing from your own custom CD containing it's own /0000Boot/OldMBR.BIC 
  onto a system with a non-LoseThos boot loader.
  
  If you have anti-virus software, it might object to having a different master 
  boot record.



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