On Sun, 21 Jan 1996, Juhani Luhtanen wrote: > I would like to install linux on my system at home using the debian > distribution but I need to make a dual boot system with dos. If you run both dos and Linux, the safe and easy way to dual boot is Loadlin. Partition disk(s), install dos, install Linux, mount dos-drive (-t msdos), copy kernel image to dos drive. If you rebuild the kernel, copy two (or more) images. Boot Dos and write an ordinary config.sys menu, giving you a choice between dos and (several versions of) Linux. The Loadlin docs contain examples and tell you how to deal with any boot parameters you may need. There is also a nice summary of all possible boot parameters. Loadlin works by doing a `logical reload' of the machine, clearing memory and loading the Linux kernel, which then boots as usual. No bootsectors are changed and you don't need to be careful with reconfiguring or dos' defrag. Hope this helps a bit,
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