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>11. Setting up <SPAN
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>Loadlin</SPAN
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><P
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><SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>Loadlin</SPAN
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> users still have a little work to
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do. First boot into Linux with the floppy. If you logged in graphically
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start a terminal emulator like <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>xterm</SPAN
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> or some
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other. There are always a couple of these under the utilities menu. Type
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<B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>mkdir /mnt/dosc</B
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>. This is the first step to make your
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Windows partition accessble to Linux and this is particularly important
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for <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>Loadlin</SPAN
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> users as it is the easiest way to
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tranfer the Linux kernel to your Windows partition. Next start
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>linuxconf</SPAN
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> from the system menu or the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>xterm</SPAN
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> and look for the filesystem menu. Expand
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<SPAN
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CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
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>accesss local drives</SPAN
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> and select
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<SPAN
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>add</SPAN
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>. Type <TT
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>/dev/hda1</B
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> in the
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partition field, <TT
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CLASS="USERINPUT"
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>vfat</B
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></TT
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> in the type field and
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<TT
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CLASS="USERINPUT"
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><B
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>/mnt/dosc/</B
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></TT
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> in the mount point field and mount the
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partition. Alternatively you can directly edit the
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>fstab</TT
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> file in
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/etc</TT
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> in a text editor
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(<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>Gedit</SPAN
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> is a good choice) and add the following
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line exactly as shown.
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>/dev/hda1 /mnt/dosc vfat defaults 0 0</PRE
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>This should give you access to your Windows partition, it will be in
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/mnt/dosc/</TT
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>. Copy the linux kernel
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to your <I
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CLASS="MEDIALABEL"
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>C</I
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> directory and rename it to
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>vmlinuz</TT
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>. You will find it in
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/boot</TT
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> and probably called
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>vmlinuz</I
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> followed by your kernel version number in
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my case <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0</TT
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>. Do not copy the
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>vmlinuz</TT
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> with an arrow in it, its a
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symbolic link. Reboot into windows, get the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>loadlin</SPAN
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> package from the Linux cd – it
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will be in the <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/dostools/utils</TT
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>
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subdirectory. Unzip it and place <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>Loadlin.exe</TT
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> in the
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<I
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CLASS="MEDIALABEL"
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>C</I
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> directory. <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>Loadlin</SPAN
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>
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and the kernel can be anywhere on your windows partition but for the time
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being we will leave it in root directory of Windows. Now its up to you how
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you want to boot into Linux. Read the <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>loadlin</SPAN
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>
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documentation for the details. The roundabout way is to restart the system
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in <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>DOS</SPAN
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> mode and type:
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><TT
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>C:></TT
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> <TT
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>loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 ro</B
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</P
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>This will boot you into Linux. The easier way is to make a
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>.bat</TT
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> file with the same information and placing it on
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your desktop. Open <SPAN
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>notepad</SPAN
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> type
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<TT
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><B
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>c:\loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 ro</B
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></TT
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> and save
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the file as <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>linux.bat</TT
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>, right click the file, select
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<SPAN
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CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
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>advanced</SPAN
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>, and check the msdos mode and warn
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settings. Make a shortcut to this file and put it on your desktop. The
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next time you want to boot into Linux just double click this file and you
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will be in – talk about convenience.</P
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>If you want to be prompted to boot into linux before Windows boots
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like the <SPAN
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>Lilo</SPAN
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> guys you have to make another
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<TT
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>.bat</TT
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> file and call it from your
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<TT
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>autoexec.bat</TT
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> file. It's very simple and the details
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are available in the <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>Loadlin</SPAN
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> documentation. The
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file looks a bit like this.
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> @echo off
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cls
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echo.
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echo.
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echo.
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echo.
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choice /t:n,5 "Do you wish to boot Linux?"
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if errorlevel 2 goto End
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c:\loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 ro
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>
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<EM
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>(This little script has been filched from the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>Loadlin</SPAN
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> documentation which you would know if
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you did the sensible thing and read the documentation)</EM
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</P
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>Save this text as <TT
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>linux.bat</TT
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> or if there
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already is a <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>linux.bat</TT
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> in your Windows root directory
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you can place it in another directory or give it another name. Add the
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following line to your <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>autoexec.bat</TT
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> file
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<TT
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CLASS="USERINPUT"
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><B
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>c:\linux '</B
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></TT
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>(or whatever you have named the
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>.bat</TT
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> file). The main thing if you are using a
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>.bat</TT
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> file is to tell
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>Loadlin</SPAN
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> where to find the kernel image file
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(<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>vmlinuz</TT
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>). The above <TT
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>.bat</TT
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> file
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gives you the option to boot into Linux before Windows loads by typing
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<B
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>y</B
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> (for Linux) or <B
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CLASS="KEYCAP"
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>n</B
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> (for Windows) within
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five seconds at which point it boots Windows. Enjoy.</P
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