Help installing basic linux to hard drive

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I need some guidance on going about installing basic linux 3 onto the hard disk. The readme was rather vague, I appreciate any help sorry I'm such a noob. Readme below

Installing BasicLinux to harddisk
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From inside BL3, use fdisk and mke2fs to create a Linux partition on your
harddisk. Mount that partition at /hd and execute install-to-hd.
 
fdisk /dev/hda--------make a linux partition and a swap partition, swap partition doesnt need to be very big, 128mb is plenty
linux partition is type 83, swap is type 82

mke2fs /dev/hda1-----assumes hard drive on ide cable 0 and primary drive with linux partition first

mount /dev/hda1 /hd
install-to-hd

change the floppy to boot from hard drive or install a boot loader, then reboot
 
when using fdisk, make the linux partition but save a little space for a swap, then add a second partition which will used for swap, then change its id to type 82, hit "m" in fdisk for help

once the partitions are made, after using mke2fs to format the ext2 partition, use mkswap to format the swap partition

mkswap /dev/hda2 --------- for example, assumes primary IDE, 1st drive, second partion as swap
then:
swapon /dev/hda2

add swapon to your init script later so its done at boot up automatically
 
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