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- From: gkahn@anagld.analytics.com (Gary Kahn)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: mboot
- Message-ID: <1712@anagld.analytics.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 01:11:18 GMT
- References: <BzG0C9.Gzq@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation - Systems Engineering Division
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- mliggett@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Mister Wizard) writes:
- >The README.rootdisk file for HJ Lu's bootable root disk says that
- >you can use the MSDOS program mboot.com
- >to boot your linux partition. But it seems to only handle
- >multiple autoexec.bat/config.sys combinations on the same
- >partition.
-
- To use MBOOT (a free program distributed by PC Magazine in Vol 10 Number 4),
- you also need a program called BOOTLIN. I'm using v1.3. Sorry, I don't have
- the name of the author handy, but the program is free. BOOTLIN loads
- the linux kernel from the MS-DOS commandline. To use it with MBOOT, use
- your ordinary CONFIG.SYS as the DOS version. For the LINUX partition,
- boot from the MS-DOS partition using a statement something like
- SHELL=c:\BOOTLIN BOOT986.HD
- as the only line in the alternate CONFIG.SYS file. The full instructions
- are included with BOOTLIN and MBOOT. The system ends up requiring
- that your linux kernel "Image" file be stored somewhere in your DOS
- partition. It's was a snap to install. Just make sure that you have
- v1.3 or later of BOOTLIN. If you have any questions, please e-mail.
-
- Gary Kahn
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