A simple multiple boot option is described below. Read through to the end. Please send any questions/comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I don't track this news-list regularly. The info below has already been forwarded to Chris Fisher for the next update of the LOADLIN HOWTO, wherein a simpler option of calling LOADLIN within CONFIG.SYS was not yet recogized. Also anyone using a laptop with an ATAPI floppy drive should note relevant comments below.
; ===============MicroSwish CONFIG.SYS begins ========================================= ; These comment lines which can stay in CONFIG.SYS, preceded by the ; ; So long as the INSTALL of a MicroSwish functions in CONFIG.SYS, ; instructions herein are valid, though I haven't tested Win2000/NT ; No further commands are needed in AUTOEXEC.BAT or AUTOEXEC.DOS ; Write & edit this CONFIG.SYS under DOS/WIN ; as linux/unix editors use a different hard stop ; which DOS will report as errors. ; As DOS or Win starts, it will pause and give a choice of the ; menuitem=xxx below [menu] menuitem=DOSorWIN menuitem=LinuxOK, Linux in partition /dev/hdaN menuitem=LinuxNext, Linux in partition /dev/hdaN for kernel.new test menuitem=ZIPorLS120, Linux on ZIP or LS120 Superdisk menudefault=LinuxOK,10 ; that is a 10 second pause before defaulting to Corel [LinuxOK] INSTALL=\LINUX\LOADLIN.EXE \LINUX\vmlinuz2.210 root=/dev/hdaN vga=3 ro ; where \LINUX is a Directory on your booting floppy, DOS or Win3.x/Win95/Win98 partition ; After every update of a kernel in Linux, copy the kernel.new to \LINUX\kernel.new ; or you will have a mismatch of kernels and /lib/modules/new in your Linux partition ; Kernel naming such as "vmlinuz2.210" or "kernel.new" rather than "vmlinuz-2.2.10" is necessary ; because of limitation to the DOS 8+3 filename style ; N in /dev/LinuxPartitions is number of the root partition ; as displayed with Linux fdisk ; fdisk -l /dev/hda ; OR fdisk -l /dev/hdb in Linux is on your 2nd hard drive ; OR fdisk -l /dev/sda of SCSI disks ; OR fdisk -l /dev/WhatEverDisk > RootName.txt to record the output ; ; Floppy drive usage, IMPORTANT!!! ; Most new laptops have ATAPI type floppy drives, ; which are "/dev/hdn" rather than "/dev/fd0" floppy like. ; These require support in the kernel on the booting floppy. ; Under Linux on your hardrive, support can be provided by a loadable module ; If during floppy usage, a report from ; lsmod ; includes "ide-floppy" , your system is using a loaded module for floppy support. ; A different kernel with "ide-floppy" compiled into it ; is then Necessary for use on any type of boot floppy, with LOADLIN or otherwise, ; OR for PC BIOS which support it, ; Booting with LS120 "SuperDisk" or a ZIP disk of an ATAPI/IDE ZIP drive. ; Their is ide-floppy support in the Rescue disk made from resc1440.bin off Debian Linux distributions [LinuxNext] INSTALL=\LINUX\LOADLIN.EXE \LINUX\kernel.new root=/dev/hdaN vga=3 ro ; This is a SAFE way of testing your "kernel.new" without YET altering your linux installation. [ZIPorLS120] INSTALL=\LINUX\LOADLIN.EXE \LINUX\vmlinuz.zip root=/dev/hdc1 vga=3 ro ; my ATAPI ZIP drive is reported as /dev/hdc ; on which there are /dev/hdc1 root and /dev/hdc2 swap partitions. [DOSorWIN] ; add here whatever else is in your DOSorWIN CONFIG.SYS ; FINAL NOTE ; This is NO HARM in stalling LILO in your root partition ; having /etc/lilo.conf with ; root=/dev/YourRootPartition ; I always do so because ; There is UTILITY in that ; 1) LILO adds flexibility ; 2) should you switch to some other boot loader ; changes within your LINUX partition are not necessary ; ; end CONFIG.SYS courtesy MarvS.
