On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:34:14 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:43:11 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:26:16 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) >> wrote: >>> Hi Cristian! >>> 11 Dec 2001, Cristian Burneci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> CB> I am astonished by this method Caldera has chosen in order to install >>> CB> Linux. Red Hat is able to install itself on an empty disk, containing >>> CB> all the tools necessary to partition it. >>> So does Caldera :))) >> Yep, no problem. :) >> To install from the OpenLinux CD when booted into DOS (any flavor) >> After loading your CD drivers run the DOS install bat file. >> r:\col\launch\dos\install.bat >> ^change to the drive letter of your CD > Will the DOS install batch file also run a patitioning program for > you so that you can install OpenLinux? > And how do I install a boot loader program? In order to install > the boot loader program BootMagic that comes on the CD I have to > first install Windows. After I install the boot loader, BootMagic, > I can install DR-DOS by booting to a DR-DOS system floppy and > running "sys c:". Then I can boot to either DR-DOS or OpenLinux. > The problem is that I can't get rid of all the residual wincrap > because neither DR-DOS nor WIN95 DOS will delete the LFNs. > Sam Heywood > Does the CD have a DOS Boot loader All of the above will be done by Linux. That install.bat file loads Linux. This is the file...... .\loadlin .\vmlinuz initrd=.\initrd.gz vga=274 debug=2 That's right.... one line. >From this moment on, you are no longer in DOS.... you're in Linux. -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
