Win95/98 have defaults such that neither a config.sys nor autoexec.bat
are essential. If interested, one can see what is loaded under the
defaults by reading the C:\BOOTLOG.TXT which is sort of like the Linux
/var/log/syslog
But back to the using LOADLIN under WIN95/98 Config.sys.
A config.sys file can be either modified or created. During execution
you can either skip lines, or put comments on lines beginning with a
semicolon as below.
==========A simple CONFIG.SYS explained ===============
menuitem=WIN95, Win95 on C: Drive
menuitem=BEST, Linux on /dev/hda5
; menudefault=WIN95, 5
; with the above line ; commented out, the system will halt indefinitely
; awaited a choice. If active it will start WIN95 in 5 seconds
; menudefault=BEST, 5
; would start LINUX after five seconds
; only one active menu default is allowed
[WIN95]
; since nothing else is here, the system will next
;read AUTOEXEC.BAT if one exists of use the defaults
[BEST]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
; The above line I haven't found to be necessary
; but it makes EXTENDED memory above 1 meg available
INSTALL C:\LINUX\LOADLIN.EXE C:\LINUX\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 ro vga=3
; if desirable, a variety of other arguements can be added
; your Linux / could be on a different physical disk. On my desktop
; I moved my old harddrive so the old Linux partition became /dev/hdc5
; and continued to use while doing a fresh Debian 2.0 installation
;
; Always remember to cp a newly installed linux kernel to
; C:\LINUX\vmlinuz after renaming you old one 1st.
=============END===================================
Lilo I think is superior, but I didn't want to confuse a non-Linuxer
who might use this company laptop. Before turning it over, I just
delete the CONFIG.SYS, but leave a 1README.TXT asking that anyone check
with me before changing the partition table. I also do a DUMP onto a
LAN drive, so I can easily RESTORE on the same or some other machine
quickly.
MarvS
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