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- INSTALLING OPENLINUX FROM A DOS SYSTEM August 1999
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- If you already have DOS installed on your system, you can launch the
- OpenLinux installation from DOS. Installing OpenLinux from a DOS system
- is useful when a diskette drive is not available (for example,
- on laptops where either a CD-ROM or floppy drive is available but not
- both).
-
- This file contains the following:
-
- - Contents of this directory
- - Default Installation Instructions
- - Alternate installation instructions
-
- Contents of This Directory
- ==========================
-
- This directory contains the following:
-
- - install.bat - a DOS "batch" file that utilizes the remaining files
- in this directory, notably the "vmlinuz" and "initrd.gz" files described
- below, to launch the OpenLinux installation.
-
- - smallins.bat - a DOS "batch" file similar to "install.bat" above, but
- this one will launch an installation using the "smallrd.gz" file
- described below.
-
- - loadlin.exe - a DOS program that "boots" the installation program from
- a DOS command prompt. Documentation for this can be found in
- "..\..\tools\loadlin".
-
- - vmlinuz - an OpenLinux kernel to be used during installation.
-
- - initrd.gz - a compressed Linux filesystem used by the OpenLinux kernel
- during installation.
-
- - smallrd.gz - a compressed Linux filesystem used by the OpenLinux kernel
- during installation. This filesystem should be used in place of
- "initrd.gz" on systems with minimal memory. Please use "install.bat"
- (which utilizes "initrd.gz") first, and if this fails, follow the
- instructions again to launch the installation using the "smallins.bat"
- file (which utilizes "smallrd.gz").
-
-
- Default Installation Instructions
- =================================
- To install OpenLinux from DOS, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Boot your system to DOS.
-
- 2. Change to the "col\launch\dos" directory on this OpenLinux CD.
-
- 3. Run the "install.bat" program.
-
- Alternate Installation Instructions
- ===================================
- If your system experiences problems when running the "install.bat"
- program directly from the CD-ROM, do the following:
-
- 1. Create a new directory on your DOS hard drive.
-
- 2. Copy all files in the "col/launch/dos" directory on this OpenLinux
- CD to the new directoy you just created on your DOS hard drive.
-
- 3. Reboot into DOS and hold down the left <Shift> key as DOS is loading.
- Holding down the left <Shift> will prevent some versions of DOS from
- loading drivers. You may need to reference DOS documentation to learn
- how to disable driver loads during boot.
-
- 4. Change to the directory you created in Step 1 and do one of the
- following:
-
- - If you have sufficient memory, run the "install.bat" program.
-
- - If you don't have sufficient memory, run the "smallins.bat" program.
- You may also need a module floppy for this type of installation.
- (See the "READMEus.txt" file in the "..\floppy" directory for details.)
-
-