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Re: a newbie question



On Sun, 21 Jan 1996, Juhani Luhtanen wrote:

> I would like to install linux on my system at home using the debian 
> distribution but I need to make a dual boot system with dos.
 
If you run both dos and Linux, the safe and easy way to dual boot
is Loadlin. Partition disk(s), install dos, install Linux, mount
dos-drive (-t msdos), copy kernel image to dos drive. If you rebuild
the kernel, copy two (or more) images. Boot Dos and write an ordinary
config.sys menu, giving you a choice between dos and (several versions
of) Linux. The Loadlin docs contain examples and tell you how to deal 
with any boot parameters you may need. There is also a nice summary
of all possible boot parameters.
Loadlin works by doing a `logical reload' of the machine, clearing
memory and loading the Linux kernel, which then boots as usual. No
bootsectors are changed and you don't need to be careful with 
reconfiguring or dos' defrag.
 
Hope this helps a bit,
 

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