Is LOADLIN still viable for 2.6?

Is LOADLIN still viable for 2.6?

[Martin Bogomolni]

When trying to load a 2.6 kernel from a FreeDOS environment, I am now very
consistently unable to load the kernel and an initial ramdisk via LOADLIN.  

The nature of the embedded system I'm working with, requires that DOS be
present prior to loading linux during an interactive startup and hardware
intialization phase.  

Since it doesn't seem that Hans Lermen has been updating or maintaining
loadlin since the release of 2.4 is there anyone who is continuing to maintain
LOADLIN, or has it fallen by the wayside?   Due to the nature of the system,
and a requirement for backwards compatibility and user interaction during
startup, I cannot use Peter Anvin's SYSLINUX linux loader which occurs too
early on in the process.

Are there any other options to startup a linux environment from DOS?

Re: Is LOADLIN still viable for 2.6?

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:05:58 -0500 "Martin Bogomolni" <martinb@www.igotu.com> wrote:

| 
| 
| When trying to load a 2.6 kernel from a FreeDOS environment, I am now very
| consistently unable to load the kernel and an initial ramdisk via LOADLIN.  
| 
| The nature of the embedded system I'm working with, requires that DOS be
| present prior to loading linux during an interactive startup and hardware
| intialization phase.  
| 
| Since it doesn't seem that Hans Lermen has been updating or maintaining
| loadlin since the release of 2.4 is there anyone who is continuing to maintain
| LOADLIN, or has it fallen by the wayside?   Due to the nature of the system,
| and a requirement for backwards compatibility and user interaction during
| startup, I cannot use Peter Anvin's SYSLINUX linux loader which occurs too
| early on in the process.
| 
| Are there any other options to startup a linux environment from DOS?

I don't know anything about it, but you might look at gujin:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gujin/

--
~Randy

Re: Is LOADLIN still viable for 2.6?

[robert of northworthige]

In article <20040223081138.50f03334.rddunlap@osdl.org>, Randy.Dunlap
<rddunlap@osdl.org> writes
>On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:05:58 -0500 "Martin Bogomolni" <martinb@www.igotu.com> 
>wrote:
>
>| 
> 
>| Since it doesn't seem that Hans Lermen has been updating or maintaining
>| loadlin since the release of 2.4 is there anyone who is continuing to 
>maintain
>| LOADLIN, or has it fallen by the wayside?   Due to the nature of the system,
>| and a requirement for backwards compatibility and user interaction during
>| startup, I cannot use Peter Anvin's SYSLINUX linux loader which occurs too
>| early on in the process.
>| 
>| Are there any other options to startup a linux environment from DOS?
>
>I don't know anything about it, but you might look at gujin:
>  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gujin/
>
>--
>~Randy
>-

Hans produced loadlin1.6c for Pat Volkerding, about slack 8.1 time
(kernel 2.4.18). I'm sure he'd rise to the challenge to update for 2.6
if needed. 
And...
I've just tried loadlin1.6c on a 2.6.2 kernel and it's come up fine

Bob Hall

There's also linld (??) from a russian guy IIRC.

Re: Is LOADLIN still viable for 2.6?

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:54:40 +0000 robert of northworthige <bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk> wrote:

| In article <20040223081138.50f03334.rddunlap@osdl.org>, Randy.Dunlap
| <rddunlap@osdl.org> writes
| >On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:05:58 -0500 "Martin Bogomolni" <martinb@www.igotu.com> 
| >wrote:
| >
| >| 
| > 
| >| Since it doesn't seem that Hans Lermen has been updating or maintaining
| >| loadlin since the release of 2.4 is there anyone who is continuing to 
| >maintain
| >| LOADLIN, or has it fallen by the wayside?   Due to the nature of the system,
| >| and a requirement for backwards compatibility and user interaction during
| >| startup, I cannot use Peter Anvin's SYSLINUX linux loader which occurs too
| >| early on in the process.
| >| 
| >| Are there any other options to startup a linux environment from DOS?
| >
| >I don't know anything about it, but you might look at gujin:
| >  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gujin/
| >
| >--
| >~Randy
| >-
| 
| Hans produced loadlin1.6c for Pat Volkerding, about slack 8.1 time
| (kernel 2.4.18). I'm sure he'd rise to the challenge to update for 2.6
| if needed. 
| And...
| I've just tried loadlin1.6c on a 2.6.2 kernel and it's come up fine
| 
| Bob Hall
| 
| There's also linld (??) from a russian guy IIRC.

Ah, that's why I couldn't find it, I was looking for 'ldlin'.

Yes, it's here:
  http://port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua/linux/linld/

--
~Randy