Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:50:14 -0400 (EDT) | From | 0xdeadbeef <> | Subject | booting Linux from a dos box in win3.1 |
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okay, this is a touch offtopic for this list, but if anybody knows how to do the following they're probably on the list. basically, i need to know if it's at all possible to boot Linux from a Windows 3.1 DOS box without exiting Windows. if there's something that's alpha-test of semi-functional out there, please let me know. if not, is there any code to get started? does anybody know what would actually have to be done? i'd possibly be able to adapt existing code, but i've done a decent bit of C for user level code but basically no kernel or bootloader programming. i'm currently taking courses to better my knowledge of programming (i'm at a university, after all). even some pointers would be appreciated.
Another thing that would work (though this is really off-topic) would be a program runnable from a DOS box that would kick the computer back to DOS, in a stable enough state to use LOADLIN.
Thanks in advance for any info. I realize that this is a bit offtopic, but if it doesn't exist i'm going to try to write it.
Simon Karpen karpes@rpi.edu
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