Knoppix - "poor man's"/98se ...dualboot? (same hd)
Not only am I a total newb when it comes to Linux, I'm also an idiot. After downloading and burning a Knoppix live CD, I checked it out and I'm really liking this whole Linux "thing" ;) . I liked it so much that, after a day or so of messing around with it and getting the display to function correctly and the sound to work, I decided to do a poor man's install. After partitioning the drive I copied the Knoppix folder from the CD to my D: (hda5) partition...then I could boot it using a bootfloppy or the CD.
Anyway, I decided that I didn't want to have to use the CD or the bootfloppy in order to boot Knoppix...so I decided to make it a dualboot. Unfortunately, loadlin.exe could not boot knoppix, the kernel panicked, the system crashed...and my config.sys file went back to what it was before I changed it (by itself !). Setup, info and questions follow: Setup: Toshiba 2100CDT AMD K6-2 @ 400MHz 64MB RAM 4GB HD - Two partitions, both FAT32 C: (hda1) partition - 2GB - Windows 98se + apps, etc. D: (hda5) partition - 2GB - Knoppix folder, swap file, configs, \boot\ dir with bootfloppy contents + loadlin.exe and loadlin.par Ok, so I wanted to make it a dualboot system ...so I changed the 98se config.sys file to let me choose which one I wanted to boot. The modified config.sys file looked like this: -------------------------------------------------------------------- [Menu] MenuItem=Win98, Windows 98 (second edition) MenuItem=KNX, Knoppix 3.3 (debian based linux) MenuDefault=Win98,15 [KNX] Shell=D:\boot\loadlin.exe @D:\boot\loadlin.par [Win98] device=c:\dos\toscdrom.sys device=c:\dos\himem.sys device=c:\dos\panning.sys ---------------------------------------------------------------------- loadlin.par looked like this: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- d:\boot\vmlinuz initrd=c:\linux\miniroot.gz myconfig=scan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions: #1: Did I leave anything out of loadlin.par that should be there? Such as "ramdisk_size=#" and/or "init=/etc/init" (after vmlinuz) 1a: If not, how do I make a dualboot using my config.sys file with the poor man's install (and 98se)? #2: Even though I have Knoppix running off the HD (after using the cd to boot it, or a bootfloppy)...it seems to run slower than when I just run it off of the cd. Why? 2a: Is it because I have the swap file on the same partition as the Knoppix folder? 2b: Is it because it's a FAT32 partition? When replying please keep in mind that I'm still basically an idiot m$ user any instructions and how to's need to be detailed and written in the simplest terms. Thank you in advance for your help, your patience and your time. Regards, Rob |
Update:
I decided to start over. I deleted the contents of my d: partition then re-copied Knoppix to d:\knoppix\. I then placed loadlin.exe, loadlin.par, vmlinuz and miniroot.gz into the root dir of d:\ The config.sys file looks pretty much as it did (except to reflect the location change of loadlin and loadlin.par). the loadlin.par now looks like this: d:\vmlinuz ramdisk_size=45760 init=/etc/init initrd=d:\miniroot.gz myconfig=scan However, I keep getting the same error(s). FAT: bogus logical sector size # (the number changes each time) Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:01 What am I doing wrong here? |
It may be a lot less bother if you remove those attempts, boot up with the knoppix cdrom and run the command knx-hdinstall . That will give you an oportunity to create the partitions and install the linux boot loader.
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I would have to agree with Homey on that matter. If I were you I would boot off the CD and then open a console and switch to root then run knoppix-installer and follow the instructions from there.
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I don't have enough space to do a real install :(
I'm just gonna have to deal with the boot floppy/cd. Oh well, I tried. |
Here's where to find the installation procedure.
http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/knoppix-install.html There are a few others that you can find by doing a Google search for 'knoppix hard drive' |
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