*BSD News Article 9865


Return to BSD News archive

Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP
	id AA6680 ; Tue, 12 Jan 93 04:17:44 EST
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!milo.mcs.anl.gov!vmeg1!goral
From: goral@aps.anl.gov (Jack T. Goral)
Subject: Re: 386BSD.EXE - Let DOS handle booting?
Message-ID: <1993Jan14.170440.13624@mcs.anl.gov>
Sender: usenet@mcs.anl.gov
Reply-To: goral@aps.anl.gov
Organization: Argonne National Lab -- APS
References: <id.QJNW._89@ferranti.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1993 17:04:40 GMT
Lines: 17

I used 'mboot' + 'bootlin' to boot Linux kernel from DOS partition.
I had 3 choices:
	1.DOS
	2.good Linux kernel
	3.freshly recompiled Linux kernel
So, if something went wrong with #3 I could use #2.

---
-----------------
Jack Goral, N9ERY			Advanced Photon Source
					Argonne National Lab.
					9700 S. Cass Ave.
					Argonne, IL 60439
					(708)-252-8946
					goral@oxygen.aps1.anl.gov
					goral@anlaps.bitnet