Re: LILO and WIN95

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From: Manfred Bartz
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 00:00

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Wayne Best <wmbest@cygnus.uwa.edu.au> writes:

> Manfred Bartz wrote:
> 
> > I am not sure about where W95 would like to live, but to boot Linux
> > with LILO, the kernel image needs to be completely on HD cylinders
> > less than 1024.  If you cannot arrange that, you can still automate
> > the process with loadlin.
> > 
> > loadlin (.com or .exe) is a dos program which loads a linux kernel
> > image into memory and boots it.  You can set up your W95 to boot
> > DOS V7 first and use a menu with timeout in your autoexec.bat.  The
> > kernel image needs to be present on the DOS (FAT) partition.  I had a
> > setup like that one year ago and it worked without any problems.
> > 
> 
> Thanks Manfred. Loadlin sounds ideal but where can I get it? I have a
> couple of Linux books but niether make any mention of it, and I can't
> see it on my Linux CD.

On my Slackware 3.1 CD-1 it is in: 
    /kernels/LOADLIN.EXE
source (presumably) in: 
    /slakware/a5/loadlin.tgz

grep -i "loadlin" *.TXT  in the CD's top directory turns up references
in:
    BOOTING.TXT
    FAQ.TXT
    LOWMEM.TXT

Cheers
-- 
Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au>
  --- LINUX, live free or die ---

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