On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 06:08:05PM -0500, Robert Hailman wrote:
> Hello. I have Linux on hard drive 4 (hdd2 is the root partion), so using
> LILO isn't possible. I decided to go with LOADLIN, but it doesn't work. When
> I try to boot, it freezes while loading the kernel. I am using the version
> of Vmlinuz that the install program uses, but without the initrd.img file.
> Do I need initrd.img, or is it a problem with the copy of Vmlinuz I am
> using? If so, where can I find the proper version.
Since your root partition is on an IDE disk (hdd), you don't need
initrd.img. You should be able to do "loadlin.exe vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 ro".
It's hard to tell what's going on without some more detail. For instance,
does it print any message before it freezes?
Greg Whittier
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