Package "loadlin"


LOADLIN

LOADLIN.EXE is a loader (running under DOS) for LINUX kernel images which fully supports the kernel's command line feature. LOADLIN (and BOOTLIN) are the safest ways to boot Linux from your hard disk. If you have DOS (in addition to Linux) on your machine, LOADLIN is the right tool for booting Linux.

In contrast to LILO, LOADLIN does not modify the master boot record. Also, with LOADLIN, the physical location of the kernel image is not important. With LILO, an update must be run each time the kernel file is moved on the media (i.e. whenever you recompile the kernel or restore the kernel image from a backup medium). This means even if you have to restore your whole Linux filesystem because of a crash, you can still reboot the system with LOADLIN.

All you need is LOADLIN.EXE and a kernel image (zImage) copied to your DOS-partition.

Another good reason to install LOADLIN is that you can install a mini emergency-system on a UMSDOS partition (such as MiniLinux). Then, you can always boot this system with LOADLIN and you'll be able to repair your main Linux system in those rare cases where you can't boot (i.e. problems with your rc scripts or you simply forgot the root password).


Autor: Hans Lermen <lermen@suse.de>
Copyright: (C) 1994,95,96 Hans Lermen
Version: 1.6a-85

Please note this when you install the package:

If you haven't yet installed LOADLIN by means of the DOS-Setup, you have to unpack the file lodlin16.zip into your DOS-partition and copy the kernel image to the same place. Assuming your DOS C: partition is mounted as /dos, proceed as follows: cd /dos mkdir loadlin cd loadlin unzip -d /root/lodlin15.zip cp -p /vmlinuz .


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