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Topic: DSL v4.4.3, minor update

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roberts

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Posted: Aug. 10 2008,05:27

For general instructions see the DSL Wiki

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.

tikbalang

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Posted: Aug. 10 2008,08:45

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.

Code Sample

\boot\loadlin\loadlin \boot\loadlin\linux24 /dev/ram rw initrd=\boot\isolinux\minirt24.gz power_off=1 ramdisk_size=131072 init=/etc/init

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.

roberts

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Posted: Aug. 10 2008,13:02

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 well

tikbalang

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Posted: Aug. 11 2008,07:30

thank 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?

curaga

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Posted: Aug. 11 2008,09:45

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)

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