[1496] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Two different versions Linux, one computer; possible???]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kyle Ferrio)
Mon Oct 28 18:30:05 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:30:15 -0500 (EST)
From: Kyle Ferrio <kbf@phy.duke.edu>
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On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Rick Forrester wrote:
> This is a very simple operation. If you wanted, for example, to have 3
> installations, win95, linux (stabile), linux (experimental), you could
> partition the disk as follows:
>
> /dev/hda1 DOS >= 32MB
> /dev/hda2 Linux native
> /dev/hda3 Linux native
> /dev/hda4 Linux swap
[ lots of essentially sound reasoning deleted ]
Sure, you can do this. But if you're really doing a lot of experimenting
with multiple kernels, you might want to check out loadlin. Loadlin
takes a slightly different approach from lilo and is very convenient in
situations like this. Loadlin is a dos program (ick, but keep reading)
most often called from config.sys. You keep compressed kernels of each
of the linux builds on a (small) bootable DOS partition. You pass
loadlin the kernel to use and the /dev/??? to use as root. All done.
So adding a new kernel is as easy as copying the vmlinuz to the DOS
partition and editing config.sys to add the new option, both of which can
be done from Linux. Reboot and enjoy. DOS the way it was meant to be --
a simple program loader. No messing with the MBR either. The loadlin
docs are concise and clear. I can mail you my config.sys if you're
interested.
Cheers,
Kyle
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