Ray, Thanks, but no progress yet. I used dd to copy to an unmounted ext2-formatted floppy the files created by mkbootdisk: boot.msg, initrd.msg, ldlinux.sys, syslinux.cfg, and vmlinuz. I also copied lsh (Little Shell, which I can run and get a "C" type prompt). The syslinux.cfg files was edited as follows:
label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/fd0 init=/lsh I stuck the diskette into a (SCSI) Windows machine, and after the machine's SCCI BIOS loaded, the diskette is accessed and I get: Loading....................................................... Unpacking. Loading kernel Hoever, instead of starting lsh, it simply resets the machine and I'm in a boot loop. Since runing ./lsh does lead to a prompt, I assume that binary is workable. Therefore, something may be wrong with the script above. I don't understand init, but why the forward slash in init=/lsh? Haines Brown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs