gnupic: Thread: an exe ran linux in my DOS box - Possible ?!!?

Hello friends,

Away from Pic but not from linux. Things related
to embedded . keep cool and give me a rope to climb 
up.

How faaar does mulinux enable one to run linux from
DOS ? what is the memory consumption ? is it possible
to have one EXE that when executed from DOS comes up
with the Mulinux ? Is it possible to have linux on 
DOS through running an application ? Can Mulinux 
Image be loaded and executed from within DOS to come 
up with the Mulinux SHell prompt ?

Here is the fairy tale:
I have a system with DOS. I want an exe that will
turn the dos environment into linux or just boots
linux and comes up with the shell prompt.
Is it possible to convert some certain areas of DOS
into linux by some tools. Is it possible ? Does have
one ? 

I would like to know the memory consumed by zipslack.
could it be used in conditions of 2 MB(embedded
environment) where i could switch from DOS into Linux
on my handheld using zipslack.

Else, let me know some linux versions that run from
DOS environment along with the memory consumed by
them. I do not need the Xwindow support at present.

Is there any Linux variants in such format ?
Or is there any DOS executable that turns the
environment into linux or just provides me with a
shell prompt that supports some basic linux commands ?

I would like info on the following :-
That is, an exe that will turn itself into linux on
getting executed from DOS environment.

I found the following article but could not trace it
to linux equivalent !! I think we can follow the steps
indicated in the article as far as the minix
is concerned but how abt in linux ?? has anyone tasted
such a trick ?? Has anyone tried a DOS exe that turns
itself into Linux environment or Linux itself on
execution.

I gonna follow the tricks mentioned below with respect
to linux , but has anyone tried and succeeded in
getting it UP ?? How was the linux-dos-hack ? Is there
any ready-made variants available on the net or with
anyone ??

Starting Minix from MS-DOS 
modified: Thu Oct 9 10:25:08 EDT 1997 

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From: ####@####.#### (Al Woodhull)
Subject: Re: Minix on a Notebook without floppy
Date: 9 Oct 97 14:34:16 GMT

On Thu, 09 Oct 1997 14:02:50 -0700 Gunther Schulz
####@####.#### wrote in
comp.os.minix:

> Is there something like the LOADLIN-program deliverd
with LINUX?
> That program is able to start a Linux-kernel image
(saved on a
> MS-Dos file system).

There isn't anything like LOADLIN in the standard
Minix distribution, but I believe Kees Bot has
incorporated a similar capability into Minix-vmd
and that eventually it will be available with standard
Minix. A difference to be aware of, though, is that
LOADLIN presumes you  have a UMSDOS (?)
file system capability in your Linux system. This
makes it possible to run Linux on an MS-DOS file
system. Minix doesn't have any such alternate 
file systems. I believe Kees' plan is to allow you to
simulate a Minix file system within a fixed-size,
large MS-DOS file.

Claudio Tantignone developed mloader, a loader to
start Minix from MS-DOS. It had some limitations,
particularly it could not be started from Virtual86
mode, which is used by various MS-DOS memory
managers. Terry McConnell worked on Claudio's program
a bit more, and posted a note in August 1997 that
says, in part:

: By adapting parts of the Loadlin code I believe I
now have a version of
: mloader that will run from the DOS command line. I
have tested it with
: recent versions of EMM386, and would be interested
to hear whether it
: works with other memory managers. If you are
interested in trying the
: program, you can get it at
http://barnyard.syr.edu/software.shtml or by
: anonymous ftp to barnyard.syr.edu in the
pub/mcconnell/minix directory. 

I don't recall seeing further posts on this and I
haven't had time to try
it myself. Some feedback would be interesting. 

There have been a number of other inquiries about
running Minix on palmtops and other such machines. I
don't know if anyone with such an interest has
actually succeeded. I don't recall seeing any posts to
the newsgroup or mailing list about it. 

Al
+---------------------------------+
| Albert S. Woodhull |
| Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |
| ####@####.#### |
| http://minix1.hampshire.edu/asw/|
+---------------------------------+

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Which and Where is the executable and way ?

Do reply,
karthik bala guru
####@####.####


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On Thursday 22 January 2004 08:03 am, mount me wrote:
> I have a system with DOS. I want an exe that will
> turn the dos environment into linux or just boots
> linux and comes up with the shell prompt.

You don't need an exe, a bat file will do. For example: linux.bat =

loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi

You will of course have to mount your DOS partition in linux, then copy the 
appropriate vmlinuz file and loadlin to the DOS partition. Note that the 
parameters to loadlin will vary depending on your system.

HTH,
JP

good, i'll have a try and be back.

regards,
karthik bala guru


 --- j_post ####@####.#### wrote: > On Thursday
22 January 2004 08:03 am, mount me
> wrote:
> > I have a system with DOS. I want an exe that will
> > turn the dos environment into linux or just boots
> > linux and comes up with the shell prompt.
> 
> You don't need an exe, a bat file will do. For
> example: linux.bat =
> 
> loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 hdc=ide-scsi
> hdd=ide-scsi
> 
> You will of course have to mount your DOS partition
> in linux, then copy the 
> appropriate vmlinuz file and loadlin to the DOS
> partition. Note that the 
> parameters to loadlin will vary depending on your
> system.
> 
> HTH,
> JP
> 
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