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Re: Run more than one OS on your PC!



Hi,

A old description is below,

I do not agree with Shlomo Reches that it is dangerous, I do not like Mic*rz*ft programs myself, but to protect one file from being damaged by virus is not too hard. 
Any how, it depend on your need, the LILO idea is nice but it too tricky for my taste. 

Beside the a linux.bat I build a menu using config.sys and autoexec.bat as Shlomo suggested.
see ya,
  Neri


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> Xuan Thang Le wrote:
> > 
> > Hi there... I just wonder if anyone can point out some source of
> > informatino about the LoadLin DOS program to load Linux from DOS ?
> > Im currently having Win95 installed and dont want to disturb it with
> > LILO.... Thanks
>  
>  The idea is to have "vmlinuz" in your dos partition. Then:
>  
>  Dos> loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3
>  
> As a newbi in Linux myself, with help from friends here the flow (from
> memory)
>  
>  1) Boot Dos. Install Linux (RedHat 3.03, partition format swap and unix
> and format) _DONT install Lilo_ (Actually Install it and removed it.)
>     DOS-> e:\redhat
>    // {answer questions}
>    // [... time passed ]
>    // Installer ask to click [OK], I did   
>    // [... time passed installation finished ]
>  
>  2) Boot Dos. Start the installation, but not for real, use the other VC
> by <Alt>+<F2> and mount dos partition and copied vmlinuz to the Dos
> partition.
>    DOS-> e:\redhat
>    // {answer questions}
>    // [... time passed ]
>    // Installer ask to click [OK], I did not
>    // Now the CD is mounted and the already installed is mounted
>     <Alt>+<F2>
>    // I  am root ;) 
>   %  mkdir /mnt/tmp/dos
>   %  mount -t msdos /def/hda1 /mnt/tmp/dos   # echo // Mount Dos Part
>   %  cp /mnt/vmlinuz /tmp/dos
>   %  shutdown
>    // I am doing this from memory, I might be wrong with
>    // names of were the linux formatted disk is mounted etc.
>    // Hope you get the idea.
>  
>  3) Boot Dos again.
>  
>    DOS-> copy e:\dosutils\loadlin c:\
>    echo loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 >! linux.bat
>  
>  4) set config.sys to optionally running linux.bat or get to dos/win
>  
>  5) [ .. time pass] set linux.bat to be the default option.
>  
> Hope that help, 
>   Neri.
>  
>  (One of the cons of RedHat, that clime to be easy to use, is that It
> took me too much time to get to this. I had to read and Ask a lot. I did
> not find this flow wrote anywhere, but it probably is.)
>