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:
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[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
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loadlin.par looked like this:
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d:\boot\vmlinuz initrd=c:\linux\miniroot.gz myconfig=scan
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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