hi ya margarete
when you get linux up and running... run lilo to that
you can use lilo instead of loadlin...
to get loadlin to work...
- make sure that your root.bin is in the right path
loadlin assumes that you have a properly configured linux
installed at root ( /dev/hda2 in your case )
if you have not installed linux yet ( into /dev/hda2 ) or any
other root partition... loadlin will not be able tofind
your kernel and root filesystem
if you did install linux into /dev/hda2,
put / into /dev/hda1 instead ... you might be running into
a max 1024 cylinder problem
- why did oyu put / for linux into /dev/hda2 ???
- unless Windows is in /dev/hda1
but if dos... it doesnt care that its hda1 or hda15
but, MS windows does want to be /dev/hda1 so keep
its partition say at 1Gb or less for Windows
getting back to loadlin...
make sure your dos binaries is in the right directory, for example:
\dos\loadlin.exe
\dps\root.bin
\dos\loadling.exe
... specify the path in the loadlin command line
c ya
alvin
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Margarete Hans wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Margarete Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <>; <>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: How do I pass init= to the kernel?
>
>
> >
> > hi ya
> >
> > you probably want:
> >
> > boot: linux init=/bin/sh
> >
> > boot: linux root=/dev/hda1 -- to booth something else??
> >
>
> Thing is, I am booting from a DOS partition, using loadling.exe.
> When I use
>
> loadlin linux root=/dev/hda2 initrd=root.bin
>
> (linux being my kernel image, hda2 my unformatted linux partition)
> I get a kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:02.
