Re: [pc110] NEW LINUX INSTALL ON 20MB PC110

Josh (jg nospam at thegrid.net)
Thu, 05 Mar 1998 12:05:12 -0800

Ok...
Dumb question # 3,087,564.... How do I use LOADLIN? Yes, I will go to the man page, but I wanna hear working examples from any possible PC110 users...

If I leave my little DOS system on hda (4MB ROM) and put WIN95 on hdc1 (1st 148MB partiton of my 260MB Type III for WIN95/DOS).... Then I will set up hdc2 as a 10MB LINUX swap file & hdc3 as a 90MB LINUX filesystem....
I can install System Commander on my 4MB ROM fine, it works.... But there is some kinda crazy sh*t that happens when you set it to boot from ROM first then PCMCIA...

So my currnet boot sequence in BIOS looks like this: 1= Floppy, 2=PCMCIA, 3=HDD1.... Is that correct?

So when I do not have my PCMCIA drive in, in theory, I shoud be able to boot into my 4MB ROM & use the JDOS via System Commander....Leaving me 2 open Slots for a Serial I/O Comm Port card & a whatever....

I have spent so much time on this it is amazing.... WIN95 was so easy on this damn thing....
WIN95,NT,DOS & LINUX was actually quite easy on my Thinkpad 380D, but this WIN95/DOS/LINUX on my PC110 is killing me & I am going nuts!!!

josh

jg nospam at thegrid.net

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On 3/5/98, at 4:15 PM, Dmytro Kovalev wrote:

>> Well, if it makes you feel any better, that's the exact same thing that
>> mine does, except it prints 04040404, etc...
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>I had the same result. Then I switched to LOADLIN.EXE
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>I have DOS installed on flash disk, with some games and loadlin on it. It
>works without any problems.
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>> I'd love to solve it too -- it the meantime, you can boot to Linux by
>> making a boot kernel disk in the setup program (it helps if you did your
>> installation using the net.i kernel so that you'll have support for your
>> enet device) and booting from it when you want to boot to Linux.
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>Well, loadlin is easier than floppy ;-)
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>Dmytro
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>> eric
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>> >Ok folks....
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>> >Still trying to get LINUX to run on my PC110 with minimal Space...
>> >Now my problem is System commander wont boot LINUX..
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>> >I am doing just a base LINUX linux install from my BackPack Parallel Port
>> >CD-ROM...
>> >It installs fine, using only 29MB of my 100available & I only give a 5MB
>> >Swap Partition (stupid?) since I have a 20MB PC110...
>> >I have just the JDOS that comes with the pC110 installed on the 4MB
>> >ROM...(hda1).
>> >On the Type III 260MB HDD I have win95/DOS on the 1st 148MB
>> >partition...(hdc1).
>> >So my Swap file is hdc2, and my Filesystem is on hdc3...
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>> >I have tried installing LILO to the MBR & it doesnt work, it puts it on
>> >hda1 & when I boot up without my PC TYPE III drive in, it gives me a bunch
>> >of scrolling 010101010101010101's.... No good, plus that is not how I
>> >wanted it...
>> >Like on my laptop it works fine, but I think with all these drives it is
>> >throwing LILO or System Commader off somehow...
>> >If I put LILO on First Partion of System (hdc3) it does the same crap ,
>> >01010101010101's across the screen at boot up & System Commander doesnt
>> >see it for some reason unless I force it a bootable option....
>> >And of course if I skip LILo altogether it just doesn;t work at all...
>> >HELP!!!!!!
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>> >Where & how should I install LILO????
>> >I have never had problems with LINUX install untill now!
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>> >Anybody! Help! Thank you!!!!
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>> >jg nospam at thegrid.net
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>> >On 3/4/98, at 10:41 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
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>> >>> I am using System Commander to select between OS's, so really, I do not
>> >>>even need LILO, but I don't know how to NOT install it...
>> >>> Am I making sense???
>> >>
>> >>LILO is still needed to boot the Linux partition but install it in the Linux
>> >>partition not th MBR
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>> >>> (Hell, if I could get a good PIM & find a way to administer my NT
>> >>>servers from X-windows, I would scrap 95 altogether)...
>> >>
>> >>Ok that would
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>> >>1. ical
>> >>2. VNC (tho VNC may not be enough) - http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/
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