On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Guenther Koerbler wrote: > Hello > > I have installed Debian 2.0 from floppy discs on a Compaq DESKPRO 5133. > When I boot with LINUX then I have problems with the interrupts !! > I have read that I have to boot with DOS with the MOVEPCI.SYS driver. > Then I cannot start LINUX from DOS ! > > my root partition is sda6 > then I type: > > loadlin linux root=/dev/sda6 > > --> ERROR: not an Image file ????? >
It's looking for an image file named "linux". You need to have a copy of your bzImage (or zImage or vmlinuz) file somewhere on the DOS partition. Here's what I have (I don't normally use loadlin, but it is quicker than rebooting after I have used DOS or Win95): d:\loadlin\loadlin d:\loadlin\bzimage root=/dev/hda6 ro Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
