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>11. Setting up <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Loadlin</SPAN
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><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Loadlin</SPAN
> users still have a little work to
do. First boot into Linux with the floppy. If you logged in graphically
start a terminal emulator like <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>xterm</SPAN
> or some
other. There are always a couple of these under the utilities menu. Type
<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>mkdir /mnt/dosc</B
>. This is the first step to make your
Windows partition accessble to Linux and this is particularly important
for <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Loadlin</SPAN
> users as it is the easiest way to
tranfer the Linux kernel to your Windows partition. Next start
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>linuxconf</SPAN
> from the system menu or the
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>xterm</SPAN
> and look for the filesystem menu. Expand
<SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>accesss local drives</SPAN
> and select
<SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>add</SPAN
>. Type <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>/dev/hda1</B
></TT
> in the
partition field, <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>vfat</B
></TT
> in the type field and
<TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>/mnt/dosc/</B
></TT
> in the mount point field and mount the
partition. Alternatively you can directly edit the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>fstab</TT
> file in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc</TT
> in a text editor
(<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Gedit</SPAN
> is a good choice) and add the following
line exactly as shown.
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>/dev/hda1 /mnt/dosc vfat defaults 0 0</PRE
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><P
>This should give you access to your Windows partition, it will be in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/mnt/dosc/</TT
>. Copy the linux kernel
to your <I
CLASS="MEDIALABEL"
>C</I
> directory and rename it to
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>vmlinuz</TT
>. You will find it in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/boot</TT
> and probably called
<I
CLASS="WORDASWORD"
>vmlinuz</I
> followed by your kernel version number in
my case <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0</TT
>. Do not copy the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>vmlinuz</TT
> with an arrow in it, its a
symbolic link. Reboot into windows, get the
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>loadlin</SPAN
> package from the Linux cd – it
will be in the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dostools/utils</TT
>
subdirectory. Unzip it and place <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>Loadlin.exe</TT
> in the
<I
CLASS="MEDIALABEL"
>C</I
> directory. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Loadlin</SPAN
>
and the kernel can be anywhere on your windows partition but for the time
being we will leave it in root directory of Windows. Now its up to you how
you want to boot into Linux. Read the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>loadlin</SPAN
>
documentation for the details. The roundabout way is to restart the system
in <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>DOS</SPAN
> mode and type:
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><TT
CLASS="PROMPT"
>C:></TT
> <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 ro</B
></TT
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>
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><P
>This will boot you into Linux. The easier way is to make a
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.bat</TT
> file with the same information and placing it on
your desktop. Open <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>notepad</SPAN
> type
<TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>c:\loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 ro</B
></TT
> and save
the file as <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>linux.bat</TT
>, right click the file, select
<SPAN
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>advanced</SPAN
>, and check the msdos mode and warn
settings. Make a shortcut to this file and put it on your desktop. The
next time you want to boot into Linux just double click this file and you
will be in – talk about convenience.</P
><P
>If you want to be prompted to boot into linux before Windows boots
like the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Lilo</SPAN
> guys you have to make another
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.bat</TT
> file and call it from your
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>autoexec.bat</TT
> file. It's very simple and the details
are available in the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Loadlin</SPAN
> documentation. The
file looks a bit like this.
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><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
> @echo off
cls
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
choice /t:n,5 "Do you wish to boot Linux?"
if errorlevel 2 goto End
c:\loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 ro
End
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<EM
>(This little script has been filched from the
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Loadlin</SPAN
> documentation which you would know if
you did the sensible thing and read the documentation)</EM
>
</P
><P
>Save this text as <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>linux.bat</TT
> or if there
already is a <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>linux.bat</TT
> in your Windows root directory
you can place it in another directory or give it another name. Add the
following line to your <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>autoexec.bat</TT
> file
<TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>c:\linux '</B
></TT
>(or whatever you have named the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.bat</TT
> file). The main thing if you are using a
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.bat</TT
> file is to tell
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Loadlin</SPAN
> where to find the kernel image file
(<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>vmlinuz</TT
>). The above <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.bat</TT
> file
gives you the option to boot into Linux before Windows loads by typing
<B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>y</B
> (for Linux) or <B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>n</B
> (for Windows) within
five seconds at which point it boots Windows. Enjoy.</P
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