Loadlin does not start with SuSE Linux 6.4
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Applies to
SuSE Linux: Version 6.4
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Symptom:
If you boot Linux via LOADLIN from Windows95/98, the following error message
appears:
C:\LOADLIN>c:\loadlin\loadlin @c:\loadlin\linux.par
LOADLIN v 1.6a (C) 1994..1996 Hans Lermen
Image file not found,
Please enter name of kernel image file followed by optional
command line parameters for Linux (e.g. root=XXXX)
or @file ( file = param file ) or "empty string" to abort:
Cause:
The file setup.exe tries, when creating the directory C:\loadlin, to
copy a kernel from the directory D:\suse\images and uses the suffix
.ikr. These file don't exist anymore and so no kernel will be
installed.
Solution:
Change into the directory (on the first CD)
(devicename):\suse\images
and (depending upon your requirements) copy the Kernel k_i386 (the
default kernel) or k_eide (the kernel for special IDE chipsets) into
the directory C:\loadlin. Now you have to rename this kernel to zimage
to boot comfortably via "LOADLIN"
Keywords: LOADLIN, WINDOWS, DOS, BOOT, START
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