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Quickstart for LOADLIN-1.6
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Version 1.6 of LOADLIN (as opposite to prior versions) normally needs no
special configuration and has been reported very stable by all ALPHA testers,
so I guess you will only need
LOADLIN.EXE,
Copy this file to a DOS partition (e.g C:\LOADLIN).
To boot Linux you need also a compressed kernel image file such as
the "/vmlinuz" or the "/usr/src/zImage". In Slackware distribution you
can find a lot of kernels (bare, scsi, modern, ...) in the directory
..../slackware/kernels of the site you got it from.
Copy the image file to your DOS partion (e.g. C:\).
To boot type at dos prompt:
1. For a Linux partition (ext2, minix, ...) to mount as root
loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb2 ro
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2. For an UMSDOS filesystem to mount as root
loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 rw
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3. To boot for installation from a ramdisk image as a file
(may be directly from CD) haveing a kernel >= 1.3.73
loadlin c:zimage root=/dev/ram rw initrd=c:rootdsk.gz
4. To boot from a SlackWare installation root floppy in drive A:
having the kernel ( < 1.3.48 ) image file on the hard disk.
loadlin c:bare root=/dev/fd0 rw ramdisk=1440
The same, but with a kernel >= 1.3.48
loadlin c:bare root=/dev/fd0 rw load_ramdisk=1
Dito, but haveing a prompt before insertion of the floppy
loadlin c:bare root=/dev/fd0 rw load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1
NOTE: You must know what root partition to use, the above /dev/xxx
are only examples !!!
If you didn't succeed, please read the file MANUAL.TXT.
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