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- From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
- Subject: Re: Getting /Image for .97
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- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.051403.19205@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 05:14:03 GMT
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- In article <715885824.F00023@remote.halcyon.com> Joe.Klemmer@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Klemmer) writes:
- >JB=>From: jbradsha@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jonathan Bradshaw)
- >
- > I, too, have OS/2 2.0 and would love to boot directly into
- >Linux
- >using BOOTMAN. There has got to be a way to load Linux onto the HD so
- >it can boot from there. If you find anything out please pass it on.
-
- Well, you're in luck. I run OS/2's Boot Manager to boot from Linux and
- DOS+OS/2 (Dual Boot). What you need is the Boot Manager, the OS/2 FDISK (yo
- change the Boot Manager options), and either LILO or Shoelace. (I couldn't
- figure out how to make LILO work second to the Boot Manager, but, since
- Shoelace worked fine, I didn't really try all that hard...:-) If anyone
- knows how to make LILO run nicely from the Boot Manager, I'd be glad to
- switch to it.)
- First, you install Shoelace (or LILO, I assume), following the instructions.
- It's been a long time since I did it, and I've slept once or twice since then,
- so I don't recall the exact steps, but they're well laid out in the Shoelace
- docs. All you're using Shoelace for is a kernel loader; Boot Manager actually
- boots the machine. After you install LILO or Shoelace, making the partition
- bootable, you go into OS/2's FDISK, select the Linux partition, and choose
- Add to Boot Manager Menu from the option list. If you have the Timeout Boot
- option enabled, the Boot Manager will automatically boot to the last partition
- you booted from (i.e.--if you boot to Linux from the Boot Manager, shut down,
- and then restart the machine, the Timeout Boot will boot Linux after 30
- seconds, unless you change the Timeout value).
- Actually, it's much easier done than said. ;-)
-
- James
-
- James P. Callison Microcomputer Coordinator OU Law Library
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- DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work...
- Here's looking at you, kid.
- --Rick Blaine, "Casablanca"
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