Re: Boot debian from DOS
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Guenther Koerbler wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have installed Debian 2.0 from floppy discs on a Compaq DESKPRO 5133.
> When I boot with LINUX then I have problems with the interrupts !!
> I have read that I have to boot with DOS with the MOVEPCI.SYS driver.
> Then I cannot start LINUX from DOS !
>
> my root partition is sda6
> then I type:
>
> loadlin linux root=/dev/sda6
>
> --> ERROR: not an Image file ?????
>
It's looking for an image file named "linux".
You need to have a copy of your bzImage (or zImage or vmlinuz) file
somewhere on the DOS partition. Here's what I have (I don't normally use
loadlin, but it is quicker than rebooting after I have used DOS or Win95):
d:\loadlin\loadlin d:\loadlin\bzimage root=/dev/hda6 ro
Bob
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