There is also a bootfloppy-utils.img in the 3.x directory that has dos scripts for loadlin as well ldlin. Should be easy to modify if even necessary.i followed the wiki using "options.txt" but it didn't work.
i ripped these two folders from dsl 4.4.3 standard iso to c:\
c:\boot c:\knoppix
i copied another loadlin setup from another linux booter and substituted what i hoped to be the correct images. it starts to load linux24 but it hangs shortly after. i forgot what the last message was.
that script was taken from a working advanceCD hd install. btw, my c:\ is actually the 4th partition on the 1st disk. i boot with a dos floppy.The utilities diskette that I mentioned is freedos and bootable. It has working examples of both loadlin and linld.
I prefer linld as it is a simple dos .com program and you can have the boot time options on the command line.
loadlin is a dos .exe program and uses an options.txt file for the boot time options.
The minimal files needed are linux24, minirt24.gz and knoppix/knoppix I typically have them as such: c:\linux24 c:\minirt24,gz c:\knoppix\knoppix
My options.txt file used by loadlin is as follows: c:\linux24 root=/dev/ram rw initrd=c:\minirt24.gz vga=normal ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init quiet frugal BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix
Then use the command loadlin @options.txt
Download the utilities diskette and use that as a working example. Who knows maybe you will try linld as wellthank you. i used the boot floppy and have almost similar dos scripts, both failed. is it required for "linux24" and "minirt24.gz" to be in c:\? i have it in c:\boot\isolinux\, just to organize the files a little.
i'm giving up at the moment, i don't mind booting from the cd. i'd still like to boot dsl from dos and i hope that this feature is not removed in future releases.
regarding loadlin and linld, is dos wiped out entirely from the system? what about hardware registers initialized during dos bootup?Hardware registers stay, unless Linux changes them. This is how people get Vesa 2.0 for old cards (univbe from dos before linux) or get their proprietary sound cards working (dos initialization program)Next Page...
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