Other Help Topics :: Booting DSL from DOS

Rehi hi,

Can anybody tell me how to boot DSL from DOS? (from my DOS booting USB-stick)...

The tool of your choice should be loadlin.

There is also a howto that describes a way to choose between Windows and Linux with a keypress at bootup: The Loadlin+Win95/98/ME mini-HOWTO

Hello Berny,

Loadlin seems to need a vmlinuz-file that isn't available in DSL. (or should i use the KNOPPIX-file which is located in the
KNOPPIX-directory)?

vmlinuz is the kernel.
for DSL > 0.8.0 you use linux24 and minirt24.gz

you need a c:\dsl\inux.bat like:

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loadlin @c:\dsl\loadlin.par

and a c:\dsl\loadlin.par like

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c:\dsl\linux24 initrd=c:\dsl\minirt24.gz fromhd=/dev/sda1 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=nl apm=power-off max_scsi_luns=6 vga=792 quiet nomce noprompt noeject splash

now make sure you have the KNOPPIX dir on your usb-stick
AND linux24 and minirt24.gz in c:\dsl
you can copy then from /boot/isolinux or extract from boot.img

Thanx Henk (of dank je wel),

It works!!!! (i now have a bootable usb-stick with DOS & linux on board!!!!

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