[linux-help] Re: Loadlin install help

[Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I had the same problem with w95.  I found I was using the wrong vallmuz I ended
up getting the copy straight out of the /boot directory and used 

c:\linux\loadlin c:\linux\vmlinuz5 root=/dev/hda8 ro

my dos directroy which holds this is c:\linux
vmlinuz5 is the fifth try to get it to boot.  I was stuck using the flopppy
root= tells the kernel where to look :  drive /dev/hda8
ro tells the kernel to mount /dev/hda8 as a read only at first.  Later on it
will adjust and mount it rw, but do not put rw here, let the kernel do it.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> I want to know if I can install Linux on a machine currently running Win NT,
> by using loadlin?  I have read that Loadlin only works with systems that
> already have Linux installed.  I already tried using loadlin once, and the
> program hangs in DOS mode.  
> 
> Thanks
> 
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