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- From: cummings@tiger1.prime.com (Kevin J. Cummings)
- Subject: Re: BOOTLIN4.ZIP required, Does anyone know of an archive server which chas
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.171450@tiger1.prime.com>
- Keywords: BOOT,LINUX,DOS
- Sender: usenet@primerd.prime.com (Usenet)
- Organization: Prime Computer, Inc.
- References: <1992Sep15.175917.19295@jet.uk>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:14:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep15.175917.19295@jet.uk>, tp@jet.uk (Tarang K Patel) writes:
- >
- > I have installed LINUX on my 486 PC, as I also have a need for DOS partition
- > I am now looking for a bootup utility - BOOTLIN.COM (BOOTLIN4.ZIP). This
- > utility should allow me to boot up from the LINUX IMAGE file stored on the DOS
- > partition. Can anyone point me to a archive server which has this utility or
- > something similar.
-
- (Note: /linux is an NFS mount of the wuarchive linux mirror of tsx-11.mit.edu
- on my workstation).
-
- hammer:/linux% grep bootlin find-ls
- 49181 9 -rw-rw-r-- 1 johnsonm ftp-linu 9033 Jul 1 20:45 ./INSTALL/dos_utils/bootlin4.zip
- hammer:/linux%
-
- SO, that means you can find bootlin4.zip in pub/linux/INSTALL/dos_utils/bootlin4.zip
- on tsx-11.mit.edu or in /mirrors4/linux/INSTALL/dos_utils/bootlin4.zip on
- wuarchive.wustl.edu.
-
- (Why can't more people do this themselves????)
-
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