Re: Booting linux with a file as root??
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 09:06:25PM -, Andrew Holmes wrote: > I configured my new machine to dual boot DOS and > NT, but I can start BeOS using loadlin.exe from DOS. I know I can boot the > linux kernel like this but how do I make it use a file on the DOS filesystem > for the root filesystem. If this is impossiable please let me know. Any info > would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :-) It is possible, but it is a lot slower to access a filesystem inside another filesystem (expecially a fat one) then directly from a partition, so I would suggest to avoid this, unless the root filesystem is so small that it can be put in a ramdisk. -Michele
Booting linux with a file as root??
Hi, I'm new to this list, and to debian/linux in genereal. I installed debian from a CD and am having a great time, mainly due to the amount of great documentation available from the cd and on-line. Anyway what I wanted to know was if there was anyway to boot a kernel (using loadlin.exe) and make it use a file as a root filesystem. I know I can format and mount a file in linux but I want to know how I get the kernel to do it at boot. The reason I ask is that I already have debian on the harddrive of my old machine but want to be able to run it on my new machine without changing anything. I configured my new machine to dual boot DOS and NT, but I can start BeOS using loadlin.exe from DOS. I know I can boot the linux kernel like this but how do I make it use a file on the DOS filesystem for the root filesystem. If this is impossiable please let me know. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :-) Andy Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Protect privacy, boycott Intel: http://www.bigbrotherinside.org "The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd!", Edmund Blackadder
