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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 20:32:21 -0800
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From: Michelle Klein-Hass <mhass703 AT 2cowherd DOT net>
Subject: Re: Loading Linux with DR-DOS Loader?
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>> "Lars-Einar Jansson" <lars_einar DOT jansson AT 2 DOT sbbs DOT se> wrote:
>> I intend to install RedHat Linux on a machine presently running Win95
>> and DR-DOS 7.03. I use DR-DOS Loader to be able to double-boot between
>> DR-DOS and Win 95.
>
>IIRC, Loader just does some trickery to boot different versions of DOS, so it
>can't be used to boot a non-DOS operating system such as Linux.

I am successfully booting Slackware 4 out of DR-DOS 7.03 with Loadlin. If
you can use a precompiled kernel, Loadlin is a spiffy, low stress way to
go. I partitioned the HD so that DR-DOS and Linux are in separate
partitions.

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DR-DOS 7.03 and Slackware Linux Release 4.

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