Re: LILO and W95
>What I have done is similar to what Susan suggest in using LOADLIN, but I
>have setup a menuitem in config.sys to handle it. The line I use in the
>config.sys file is:
>
>shell=c:\loadlin.exe c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 ro
>
>This assumes my root file system is on hda6. This way when I boot I have
>the option presented to me. It is very much like LILO, but is all done
>through DOS/WIN95 utilities (when I started using linux, I was more
>comfortable doing it this way).
>
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In my case, I started out (several years back) using LILO to dual-boot
DOS or Linux. But, I actually have found now that the Loadlin option
not only is more convenient for Win-95, but actually makes more sense
on a PC. The only problem is that Loadlin has some memory
limitations. But, if you use the Menu-config.sys thing with DOS, then
booting bare with the Loadlin option works great.
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