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- From: cummings@tiger1.prime.com (Kevin J. Cummings)
- Subject: Re: DR-DOS and linux boot, 14 char filenames
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.141728@tiger1.prime.com>
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- Organization: Prime Computer, Inc.
- References: <1574@lysator.liu.se>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:17:28 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- In article <1574@lysator.liu.se>, lien@lysator.liu.se (Jan Lien) writes:
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > 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
-
- Read the documentation that comes with BOOTLIN. It mentions a BOOT manager
- that overwrites your DOS hard disk boot sector, and runs as the FIRST thing
- in your CONFIG.SYS file. While running, it lets you have multiple
- configurations in your CONFIG.SYS file (one of which is the minimal DOS
- boot, enough to run BOOTLIN in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file). I think the
- file I downloaded was BOOT142.ZIP. I beleive that I got it from a SIMTEL20
- mirror site. Probably from the MSDOS.SYSUTL directory. I beleive it is
- SHAREWARE.
-
- > 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?
- >
- > and....
- >
- > Where do I find the stuff for more than 14 characters in linux
- > filenames? Does it work properly?
-
- the Extended File System (EFS) is in ALPHA test and is a part of the latest
- kernel. Use with caution. They are promising to change the disk part
- of the files system RSN (real soon now) in an incompatible but upgradeable
- fashion. Personally, I can work around most of the 14 char limit and will
- wait for at LEAST a BETA test of EFS before I convert over.
-
- By the way, in case any of the EFS team is listening, 256 character filenames
- is overkill. 32 characters would have probably handled 95% of the problems out
- there (not accounting for C++ generated names). But I'm not complaining!
-
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