From: gunter@sci.kun.nl (Gunter Windau) Subject: Re: linux as only bootable partition Date: 21 May 1992 08:35:36 GMT
edmonds@cs.ubc.ca (Brian Edmonds) writes:
>For people actively supporting free UNIX, there is an awful emphasis
>on maintaining MSDOS bootability around this group... :)
>Anyhow, I'm getting a brand new 486/33 tomorrow, and since I already
>have a 286 running DOS, I have no intention of installing it on my
>new box. I've read over the installation docs explaining how to make
>your linux partition co-bootable with a DOS partition, but haven't
>seen any reference to using linux as your _only_ OS. I've already
>created my FD/HD bootimage disks and the rootimage disk, but shoelace
>seems like a bit of overkill, since I only want one bootable
>partition. Is this the only way to do this without rewriting the
>boot sector by hand? I'm not sure that I'm quite up to that right
>now, so if not could someone mail/post the solution, please.
You might create a small partition on your harddisk that's just
big enough to hold the linux bootimage and make this partition
the 'active' one. I think the bios will load the kernel from this
partition, just like it does from a floppy.
I haven't tried it myself so it might not work, although I'd like
to know if it does...
>PS: when is 16550 support expected? I specificly ordered serial
>ports with these, as the FIFO seems an especially elegant solution to
>too many interrupts at high data rates.
>Eagerly anticipating a taste of REAL unix at home (and *gasp* maybe
>even X...). ObThanks Linus. :)
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>Brian Edmonds (MSc CompSci) edmonds@cs.ubc.ca
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