At 12:20 AM 5/6/98 -0400, you wrote:
>After installing the system seven times tonight alone, I have been able to
get the system to boot using:
Here is a different alternative.
Copy your vmlinuz-2.0.32 to your dos partition as vmlinuz.32 into a
directory called c:\loadlin
Copy loadlin.exe from the redhat cdrom to c:\loadlin
config.sys file
[menu]
menuitem=linux ,Linux
menuitem=nont ,DELETE WinNT & Continue Without Cdrom Support
menuitem=no ,Continue Without Cdrom Support
menuitem=dan ,Dans Cdrom
menuitem=them ,Dave or Tom's Cdrom
menuitem=pion ,LameAss Pioneer Cdrom
menudefault=linux ,30
menucolor=7,1
[common]
device=a:\system\himem.sys /no:memtest
dos=high,umb
lastdrive=z
[linux]
[nont]
[no]
[dan]
DEVICE=a:\CDROM\GSCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD000
[them]
DEVICE=a:\CDROM\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:MSCD000
[pion]
DEVICE=a:\CDROM\ATAPI_CD.SYS /D:MSCD000
autoexec.bat file
@echo off
PROMPT $p$g
path a:\system;a:\bin
goto %config%
:linux
c:\loadlin\loadlin.exe vmlinuz.32 root=/dev/hda1 ro
:nont
a:\bin\rmnt.bat
goto end
:no
goto end
:dan
a:\cdrom\MSCDEX /D:MSCD000
goto end
:them
a:\cdrom\MSCDEX /D:MSCD000
goto end
:pion
a:\cdrom\MSCDEX /D:MSCD000
goto end
:end
Obviously this is from my boot floppy, but if you change the directory
names and have the himem.sys cdrom drivers etc...in the proper place it
will work just great on a hard drive.
If you like this idea and have trouble with it, let me know and I'll help
you through it.
Dan
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