Quickstart for LOADLIN-1.6 ========================== Version 1.6 of LOADLIN (as opposite to prior versions) normally needs no special configuration and has been reported very stable by all ALPHA testers, so I guess you will only need LOADLIN.EXE, Copy this file to a DOS partition (e.g C:\LOADLIN). To boot Linux you need also a compressed kernel image file such as the "/vmlinuz" or the "/usr/src/zImage". In Slackware distribution you can find a lot of kernels (bare, scsi, modern, ...) in the directory ..../slackware/kernels of the site you got it from. Copy the image file to your DOS partion (e.g. C:\). To boot type at dos prompt: 1. For a Linux partition (ext2, minix, ...) to mount as root loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb2 ro == 2. For an UMSDOS filesystem to mount as root loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 rw == 3. To boot for installation from a ramdisk image as a file (may be directly from CD) haveing a kernel >= 1.3.73 loadlin c:zimage root=/dev/ram rw initrd=c:rootdsk.gz 4. To boot from a SlackWare installation root floppy in drive A: having the kernel ( < 1.3.48 ) image file on the hard disk. loadlin c:bare root=/dev/fd0 rw ramdisk=1440 The same, but with a kernel >= 1.3.48 loadlin c:bare root=/dev/fd0 rw load_ramdisk=1 Dito, but haveing a prompt before insertion of the floppy loadlin c:bare root=/dev/fd0 rw load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1 NOTE: You must know what root partition to use, the above /dev/xxx are only examples !!! If you didn't succeed, please read the file MANUAL.TXT. Hans Lermen