Re: kernel-package and loadlin

["Robert D. Hilliard" <hilliard@metrolink.net>]

     I use loadlin to boot linux, but I have never moved /boot to a
dos partition (I don't have umsdos support compiled in).  I have a
\loadlin directory in one of my Dos partitions.  This directory
contains several batch files to invoke loadlin for the appropriate
root partition (I have four Linux systems currently installed), using
the appropriate kernel.  When I compile (or install) a new kernel, I
cp /vmlinuz.xxx /dos/c/loadlin/vmlinux.exe (I have the conv=a option
for my dos partitions in /etc/fstab, so I need the .exe to prevent
newline mangling).  I then "mv /dos/c/loadlin/vmlinux.exe
/dos/c/loadlin/vmlinux.xxx" with xxx being any convenient identifier.

     I now have the following kernels in \loadlin:
vmlinuz.slk Distribution kernel idecd1 from Slackware 3.0
vmlinuz.sk2 Custom kernel 1.2.13 compiled from Slackware 3.0 6/22/96
vmlinuz.deb Distribution kernel 2.0.27 from Debian 1.2.0
vmlinuz     Custom kernel 2.0.27 compiled from debian 1.2.0 1/19/96
vmlinuz.124 Rescue disk kernel 2.0.27 from Debian 1.2.4
vmlinuz.bo  Rescue disk kernel 2.0.30 (?) from 1.3 (frozen)
vmlinuz.510 Custom kernel 2.0.27 compiled from debian 1.2.4 5/10/97 (ps/2 mouse
vmlinuz.bo2 Custom kernel 2.0.30 compiled from bo (1.3) 5/23/97 (ps/2 mouse)
linux       Kernel for use in 0 floppy install - see ZF_INST.ALL

     No problem with links or file names with non-standard characters.

Bob


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