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3. Getting started:

3.1 Determine what version of Windows 95 you have.

Boot your computer to Windows 95 and right click on the My computer icon. Now left click on Properties. On the General Tab, look under the "System:" line. There you will see the version number.

3.2 Determine if you are using the FAT32 file system.

NOTE: If you have Windows 95 version 4.00.950b, make certain you are not using the FAT32 file system. Double click the My Computer icon, then right click the Drive C icon. Left click on Properties. On the General tab, the "Type:" line will indicate whether or not you have a FAT32 file system. If you are using the FAT32 file system, then go directly to Section 6 . Otherwise, continue with Section 3.3.

3.3 Make sure filename extensions are visible in Windows Explorer.

NOTE: If your hard drive already contains the *.dos files mentioned in the "NOTE:" of section 2.3 , then skip to the next "NOTE:" . Otherwise, continue with Section 3.4.

3.4 Rename your system files.

3.5 Important Warning.

NOTE: If you do not have Windows 95 OSR2 (version 4.00.950b), please skip to Section 3.6 .

NOTE: If you are using a DOS 6.x boot disk skip to Section 4 , otherwise continue with the next step.

3.6 Edit your system files.


        Loadlin DriveLetter:\LinuxKernelFile root=/dev/LinuxBootPartition ro

Here is my Autoexec.dos file as an example:


        Loadlin f:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc2 ro

NOTE: The kernel, as well as the Loadlin.exe, file may be anywhere on your hard drive as long as you reference the correct path. For example, if your kernel file was located in the directory e:\linux\kernels and Loadlin.exe was located in the directory c:\utils, you would use:


        c:\utils\loadlin e:\linux\kernels\vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc2 ro


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