Re: Booting linux with a file as root??

On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 09:06:25PM -, Andrew Holmes wrote: > I configured my new machine to dual boot DOS and > NT, but I can start BeOS using loadlin.exe from DOS. I know I can boot the > linux kernel like this but how do I make it use a file on the DOS filesystem > for the root filesystem. If

Booting linux with a file as root??

Hi, I'm new to this list, and to debian/linux in genereal. I installed debian from a CD and am having a great time, mainly due to the amount of great documentation available from the cd and on-line. Anyway what I wanted to know was if there was anyway to boot a kernel (using loadlin.exe) and make