Robert Deering wrote:
>
> if you're not familiar with loadlin you need to know
> that it dislikes EMM and HiMem
Do you have any evidence for this? I boot Linux every
day via loadlin on a system with emm386 and himem.sys
loaded. I have never had the slightest problem in over
two years.
I have checked the loadlin manual and the only problems
mentioned are:
- old/strange EMM managers
- using the NOVCPI parameter for EMM386
- IBM clones which are not 100% compatible
So, as long as you don't use NOVCPI, you should be fine.
Any of you guys using NOVCPI?
> and absolutely abhors a loaded disk cacher.
Yes, this one is a real problem. However, it is easily
avoided by adding this line as the first line of linux.bat:
------------
smartdrv /c
------------
This clears the cache before executing loadlin.exe.
> That's why it's best to do it with no DOS drivers loaded.
I don't think you need to worry about this. Loadlin should
cope with any of the common DOS drivers.
Cheers,
Steven
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