Edit (or create) config.sys
on the root of Drive C. The contents should be similar to the following:
[menu] menuitem=Linux, Mandrake Linux 7.2 menuitem=Win98, Windows 98 menucolor=15,1 menudefault=Win98, 10 [linux] [win98]
If your system already has a config.sys
file, put those contents under the [win98]
section. The [linux]
section is left blank intentionally.
Edit (or create) autoexec.bat
on the root of Drive C. The contents should be similar to the following:
goto %config% :linux call c:\linux.bat :win98
As above, if you aready have an autoexec.bat
file, put those contents under the :win98
section.
Create a file called: linux.bat
. Putting it in the root of Drive C is as good as place as any (but it can go anywhere so long as you reference the path or location). The contents should be similar to the following:
@echo off c:\loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro
The above example assumes that loadlin.exe
and vmlinuz
are located in the root of Drive C (or C:\) and that linux is installed on the /dev/hda3 partition. Your configuration may be different.
The important thing here is to make sure that loadlin and your linux kernel file are properly referenced. Finished!
That should work for you, as that is how I have things set up on my system, which dual boots with Win98.