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posted by tikbalang, 02.03.2011, 09:52

> I did it as you wrote but it didn't work. In process of booting kernel I
> got the message "Cannot locate LINUX.TGZ" file or something like that.
> (when I come home from work I will say exactly) and loader stops :-(

what distro are you using? it's not the same for all of them. you have to pay attention to the boot and init images for use with the startup batch file. in some cases, only the boot image is needed. depending on the distro, some demand to be unpacked to the root of the partition.

the *.cl contains the bootcodes or commandline parameters. these are usually found in syslinux.cfg, isolinux.cfg, menu.lst under /boot. one entry per line as demanded by linld.com.

can exist in its own subfolder:
austrumi, cdlinux, geexbox, puppy (and variants), slax, tinycore, xpud, zipslack/runt.

must be in root of partition:
debris, crux, slitaz, zenlive, zxmame, advanceCD

unsuccessful from DOS:
antix, papug - due to LFNs

notes:
- most of the distros listed above are 200mb or less.
- you may need to unpack the *.TGZ file first
- you may need to use a 3rd party OS for utilities
- umsdos with zipslack corrupted my fat32 partition frequently

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