[WBEL-users] like a rescue CD, to load various distributions

[Alon]

Hi Will,

You took an extra step :))
With Windows 98 I only need a DOS prompt! whatever you see when you boot up 
from  a floppy 1.44. Not the full installation.
Just a boot to prompt is all I need, not an installer.
Once I'm in the DOS prompt, I'm good.
My question is, what values should I put into the menu (the kernel portion) 
and where do I get a win98.img  file, or how do I
create one?
Is there a way to create such an img file from a CD-ROM?

- Alon
js at wsco.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will McDonald" <wmcdonald at gmail.com>
To: "Whitebox Enterprise Linux Users List" <whitebox-users at beau.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] like a rescue CD, to load various distributions


> On 26/01/06, Alon <js at wsco.com> wrote:
>> I'm finally all set with Linux distributions.
>> However, In my menu, I have a Windows 98 boot option and I don't how to 
>> make
>> this happen.
>> Meaning:
>>
>> LABEL White Box 4
>> KERNEL wbel4/vmlinuz.wb4
>> APPEND vga=normal initrd=wbel4/initrd.wb4 root=/dev/ram0 rw
>>
>> LABEL CentOS 3
>> KERNEL centos3/vmlinuz.ce3
>> APPEND vga=normal initrd=centos3/initrd.ce3 root=/dev/ram0 rw
>>
>> LABEL Windows 98 FAT32 DOS prompt.
>> KERNEL <what do I put here?>
>> APPEND vga=normal initrd=<What do I put here>    root=/dev/ram0 rw
>>
>> Where or how do I obtain a windows 98 disk image and what kernel do I 
>> load?
>> A while back I created a bootable CD that boots up like a Win98 prompt, 
>> but
>> how do I make an img file
>> of it,. andwhat kernel do I put?
>
> Looks like booting Windows 98 as a diskless client should be possible...
>
> http://silent.gumph.org/content/4/7/071-diskless-windows-pxe.html
>
> But as for how to get it to boot and run the setup installer remotely,
> no idea. Here's some additional reading which may throw some light on
> the subject or help out.
>
> http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/pxe.php and 
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/
>
> Will.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Whitebox-users mailing list
> Whitebox-users at beau.org
> http://beau.org/mailman/listinfo/whitebox-users
>