Re: Using Loadlin

1998-04-05 Thread Javier Hernandez
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, John Exidaridis wrote: > Yes I am using Loadlin to boot linux from DOS. I think that loadlin > requires the name of the imagefile to be vmlinuz ( not linuz ) or > zImage. Simply rename it and try . > Jason Wilson wrote: > > If anyone has any experience using loadlin I am having

Re: Using Loadlin

1998-04-03 Thread John Exidaridis
Are you sure that you have the correct compressed Image file (e.g. not vmlinux)?. What are the messages in all cases? However if you still have problems read the very good online manual of Loadlin. You can find it in all ftp sites where Loadlin is availiable for download. ( e.g. sunsite.unc.edu

Re: Using Loadlin

1998-04-02 Thread Jason Wilson
I did that and it tells me that it is not a valid image file. What I did to get the image file was boot to the newly installed linux partition via rescue (NT partition is first) and copy vmlinuz to a floppy. I then put the floppy in a working linux machine, mounted it and ftp'd it to my dos disk

Re: Using Loadlin

1998-04-02 Thread John Exidaridis
Yes I am using Loadlin to boot linux from DOS. I think that loadlin requires the name of the imagefile to be vmlinuz ( not linuz ) or zImage. Simply rename it and try . Jason Wilson wrote: > > If anyone has any experience using loadlin I am having some problem using > it. I created a dos 6.22 b