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- Quickstart for LOADLIN-1.6
- ==========================
-
- 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
- ==
-
- 2. For an UMSDOS filesystem to mount as root
-
- loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 rw
- ==
-
- 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
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- Dito, but haveing a prompt before insertion of the floppy
-
- loadlin c:bare root=/dev/fd0 rw load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1
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-
-
- 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.
-
- Hans Lermen
- <elserv.ffm.fgan.de>
-