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- From: wlodarz@tc.ich.us.edu.pl (Joachim J. Wlodarz)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: In-Reply-To: DR DOS and linux boot, 14 char filenames
- Date: 4 Sep 1992 07:39:39 -0500
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- Message-ID: <1574@lysator.liu.se>
- Sender: news@isy.liu.se (Lord of the News)
- Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 23:39:47 GMT
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- > How do I get DR-DOS 6.0 to recognize two diffrent bootable systems,
- > i.e. DR-DOS and Linux ? There should be some boot function switch.
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- > When I try to run BOOTLIN as a normal program in DR-DOS it is possible
- > to boot linux, provided I have no loaded device drivers, few buffers,
- > no environment, etc... When I try to run it as a program under
- > DR-DOS with all my device drivers, himem, environment and stuff, it
- > loads, loads linux kernel, I get as far as the message 'Press RETURN
- > to see SVGA-modes...'. However, regardless of whether I press RETURN
- > or any other key, the machine hangs there. Ctrl-Alt-Del is also
- > disabled. Is there something easy I can do about it?
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- Yes !
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- As the FIRST line of your CONFIG.SYS write this:
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- ?" Boot LINUX (Y/N) ? " CHAIN LINUX.SYS
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- Then create the LINUX.SYS file containing only one line:
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- SHELL=BOOTLIN IMAGE
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- where IMAGE is the Linux bootable kernel transferred to DR DOS.
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- I'm assuming here that the files LINUX.SYS, BOOTLIN.COM and IMAGE
- are all placed C:\ and that IMAGE is correctly labelled with rdev.
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- Then, after reboot, you will be prompted
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- Boot LINUX (Y/N) ?
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- When you hit y/Y you will "boot" LINUX through BOOTLIN.COM,
- hitting n/N you simply continue the CONFIG.SYS.
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- More sophisticated "boot menu" may be created using the SWITCH
- command in CONFIG.SYS.
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- >
- > and....
- >
- > Where do I find the stuff for more than 14 characters in linux
- > filenames? Does it work properly?
- >
- >
- Try the efsprogs7.tar.Z package at tsx-11.mit.edu.
- It is still in ALPHA stage and may contain some bugs.
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- Hope this helps.
-
- -jj
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