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You'll need a kernel to boot linux on your system.
If you have a IDE hard drive try the 'bareapm.i' kernel.
If you have a IDE hard drive and a ETHERNET card try the 'net.i' kernel.
If you have a SCSI hard drive try the 'scsi.s' kernel.
If you have a SCSI hard drive and a ETHERNET card try the 'scsinet.s' kernel.
If you have a PS/2 hard drive try the 'ibmmca.s' kernel.
If you have a laptop or desk pc with a ide hard drive and at least a
486dx cpu and less than 16mb of ram you should try the kernel below,
it has ppp support builtin.
The above are generic all in one kernels, because of that they
include support for hardware you don't have, which makes them
bigger than needed.
It's best to chose a kernel from below that just has support for
your hardware.
Because of the possibility of collisions between the various Linux drivers,
several kernels have been provided. You should chose the one with the least
drivers possible to maximize your chances of success.
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The kernels in the directories below are named bzImage, you just
need one bzImage.
After you get the kernel move/rename it on your dos/win system.
c:\ move bzImage c:\looplnx\kernel\zimage
IDE kernels:
These are the kernels for IDE based systems. All IDE kernels support
IDE hard drives and CD-ROM drives, plus additional support listed below.
Kernel
Directories: Supported hardware:
aztech.i CD-ROM drives: Aztech CDA268-01A, Orchid CD-3110,
Okano/Wearnes CDD110, Conrad TXC, CyCDROM CR520, CR540.
bare.i This is the kernel to use for installation on most IDE
based PCs. It includes support for IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM
drives. Most CD-ROM drives made today fall into this
catagory.
bareapm.i This kernel is the same as the bare.i image, with the
addition of Advanced Power Management support. This
is usually used on laptops to check the battery
level, or to put the machine in standby or sleep mode.
On machines that aren't laptops, it can cause booting
problems. This is the correct kernel to use for a
PCMCIA install.
cdu31a.i Sony CDU31/33a CD-ROM.
cdu535.i Sony CDU531/535 CD-ROM.
cm206.i Philips/LMS cm206 CD-ROM with cm260 adapter card.
goldstar.i Goldstar R420 CD-ROM (sometimes sold in a 'Reveal
Multimedia Kit').
isp16.i Supports ISP16/MAD16/Mozart CD-ROM drives.
Boot time command line options are:
isp16=,,,
Valid values for drive_type include: Sanyo, Panasonic
(same as Sanyo), Sony and Mitsumi. Default values are:
port=0x340, irq=0, dma=0, drive_type=Sanyo.
lowmem.i This is a really stripped-down Linux kernel which might
be useful for installing on IDE systems with a low
amount of RAM (less than 8MB). If bare.i runs into
problems, you might try this.
This lowmem kernel is almost the same as the one
above at the slackware site, except it has loop and
ppp support.
If you have a laptop or desk pc with a ide hard
drive and at least a 486dx cpu and less than 16mb
of ram, you should try the kernel below it has ppp
support builtin.
mcd.i NON-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM support.
mcdx.i Improved NON-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM support.
net.i An IDE/ATAPI kernel with Ethernet support.
NOTE: net.i, while a nice shortcut if it works, does
not work on every machine, nor does it include every
Linux network driver. Because of the large number of
devices it looks for, it can hang the machine or cause
other problems if it misidentifies something. This is
an unavoidable risk when probing for hardware on the PC
platform.
If you run into problems with net.i (or it doesn't see
your network card), don't panic, just use a kernel with
less drivers.
The bare.i kernel is probably the right choice and
get the module that supports your ethernet card.
This kernel also includes PLIP support, but you'll need
to pass a parameter to the kernel to tell the parallel
port driver which IRQ to use. For example, if you want
to use a parallel port on 0x378, IRQ 7, you would pass
this command to the kernel.
ramdisk parport=0x378,7
You may also use this command to make the driver
autodetect your port and IRQ:
ramdisk parport=auto
no_kbd.i This version of bare.i is a workaround for a problem:
Some newer P2/Celeron systems have been known to
reboot themselves as the kernel is starting up. This
seems to happen as the keyboard LEDs are reset. The
no_kbd.i does not reset the keyboard LEDs, and will
boot correctly on most machines with this symptom.
A BIOS upgrade from the motherboard manufacturer may
fix the problem.
no_pci.i If you're having problems with a hang during PCI
probing, try this IDE-supporting kernel without PCI
BIOS support. Some old PCI motherboards have BIOS
bugs and may crash if "PCI bios support" is enabled,
but they run fine without this option. In many cases
the BIOS can be fixed with a flash update from the
motherboard manufacturer's web site.
optics.i Optics Storage 8000 AT CD-ROM (the 'DOLPHIN' drive).
pportide.i This is an extended version of bare.i will support for
a wide variety of parallel-port IDE devices. Supports
parallel-port products from MicroSolutions,
Hewlett-Packard, SyQuest, Imation, Avatar, and other
manufacturers.
sanyo.i Sanyo CDR-H94A CD-ROM support.
sbpcd.i Matsushita, Kotobuki, Panasonic, CreativeLabs
(Sound Blaster), Longshine and Teac NON-IDE CD-ROM
support. IMPORTANT! I can't possibly stress enough
that this kernel is *not* for IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drives,
which include nearly all of the drives made by these
manufacturers recently. For IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drives,
use bare.i.
smp.i This kernel is the same as the generic bare.i kernel,
but adds support for motherboards with multiple CPUs.
(symmetric multiprocessing, or SMP)
xt.i MFM (very very old) hard drive support.
SCSI kernels:
The kernels listed below are for systems that contain a SCSI controller.
All SCSI kernels feature full IDE hard drive and CD-ROM drive support,
plus additional SCSI drivers.
Kernel
Directories: Supported hardware:
7000fast.s Western Digital 7000FASST SCSI support.
acard.s ACARD 870U/W SCSI host adapter support.
advansys.s This kernel supports all AdvanSys SCSI controllers,
including some SCSI cards included with HP CD-R/RW
drives, the Iomega Jaz Jet SCSI controller, and the
SCSI controller on the Iomega Buz multimedia adapter.
aha152x.s Adaptec 152x SCSI support. This supports the AHA-1510,
AHA-1520, AHA-1522, and AHA-2825 SCSI host adapters.
aha1542.s Adaptec 1542 SCSI support.
aha1740.s Adaptec 1740 SCSI support.
aic7xxx.s Adaptec AIC7xxx SCSI support. These include the 274x
EISA cards, 284x VLB cards, 294x PCI cards, 394x PCI
cards, 3985 PCI card, and several versions of the
Adaptec built-in SCSI controllers on various PC
motherboards.
am53c974.s AM53/79C974 SCSI support.
buslogic.s This supports BusLogic MultiMaster and FlashPoint SCSI
controllers.
dtc3280.s DTC (Data Technology Corp) 3180/3280 SCSI support.
eata_dma.s DPT EATA-DMA SCSI support. (Boards such as PM2011,
PM2021, PM2041, PM3021, PM2012B, PM2022, PM2122, PM2322,
PM2042, PM3122, PM3222, PM3332, PM2024, PM2124, PM2044,
PM2144, PM3224, PM3334.)
eata_isa.s DPT EATA-ISA/EISA SCSI support. (Boards such as
PM2011B/9X, PM2021A/9X, PM2012A, PM2012B, PM2022A/9X,
PM2122A/9X, PM2322A/9X)
eata_pio.s DPT EATA-PIO SCSI support. (PM2001 and PM2012A)
fdomain.s This supports Future Domain's 16-bit SCSI host adapters
(TMC-1660/1680, TMC-1650/1670, TMC-3260,
TMC-1610M/MER/MEX) and other adapters based on the
Future Domain chipsets (Quantum ISA-200S, ISA-250MG;
Adaptec AHA-2920; and at least one IBM board).
gdt.s This is a kernel for all SCSI Disk Array Controllers
(EISA/ISA/PCI) manufactured by ICP Vortex.
ibmmca.s This is a kernel based on a development kernel which
supports MicroChannel Architecture, found in some IBM
PS/2 machines and laptops. It is a bus system similar to
PCI or ISA. Support for most MCA SCSI, Ethernet, and
Token Ring adapters is included.
in2000.s Always IN2000 SCSI support.
initio.s Supports the Initio 91XXU(W) and Initio 91XXU(W) SCSI
host adapters.
iomega.s IOMEGA parallel port SCSI support. This supports
the parallel-port Zip drives as a Linux SCSI device.
This kernel supports the older PPA parallel Zip drives
as well as the newer ZipPlus drives that use the IMM
driver.
megaraid.s This kernel supports the AMI MegaRAID 428 and 438
(and maybe 466) SCSI host adapters.
n53c4xx.s NCR 53c406a and Symbios Logic sym53c416 SCSI support.
n_5380.s NCR 5380 and 53c400 SCSI support. This is the generic
NCR family of SCSI controllers, not to be confused with
the NCR 53c7 or 8xx controllers. An example of a
controller that uses the NCR53c400 chip is the Trantor
T130B.
n_53c7xx.s NCR 53c7xx, 53c8xx SCSI support. (Most NCR PCI
SCSI controllers use this driver, or the driver below)
n_53c8xx.s This is the FreeBSD NCR driver adapted to Linux for
the NCR53C8XX family of PCI-SCSI controllers. This
driver supports parity checking, tagged command queuing,
fast SCSI II transfer up to 10 MB/s with narrow SCSI
devices and 20 MB/s with wide scsi devices. It also
supports Ultra SCSI data transfers with NCR53C860 and
NCR53C875 controllers. The following Symbios/NCR
chipsets are supported by the driver in this kernel:
810 810A 815 825 825A 860 875 876 895 896
no_kbd.s This version of scsi.s is a workaround for a problem:
Some newer P2/Celeron systems have been known to
reboot themselves as the kernel is starting up. This
seems to happen as the keyboard LEDs are reset. The
no_kbd.s does not reset the keyboard LEDs, and will
boot correctly on most machines with this symptom.
A BIOS upgrade from the motherboard manufacturer may
fix the problem.
no_pci.s If you're having problems with a hang during PCI
probing, try this SCSI-supporting kernel without PCI
BIOS support. Some old PCI motherboards have BIOS
bugs and may crash if "PCI bios support" is enabled,
but they run fine without this option. In many cases
the BIOS can be fixed with a flash update from the
motherboard manufacturer's web site.
old_cd.s This kernel is provided in the unlikely event that
someone needs to install from an old CD-ROM drive on a
proprietary (*not* SCSI or IDE/ATAPI) interface to a
hard drive on a SCSI controller. This kernel supports
most Linux supported SCSI controllers, plus the CD-ROM
drives supported by these kernels: aztech.i,
cdu31a.i, cdu535.i, cm206.i, goldstar.i, isp16.i,
mcd.i, mcdx.i, optics.i, sanyo.i, and sbpcd.i.
pas16.s Pro Audio Spectrum/Studio 16 SCSI support.
pci2000.s This kernel supports the PCI2000I, PCI2220i, and
PSI240i EIDE interface cards. All of these act as
SCSI host adapters.
qlog_fas.s ISA/VLB/PCMCIA Qlogic FastSCSI! support. (also
supports the Control Concepts SCSI cards based on the
Qlogic FASXXX chip)
qlog_isp.s Supports all Qlogic PCI SCSI controllers, except the
PCI-basic, which is supported by the AMD SCSI driver
found on the am53c974.s kernel.
scsi.s A generic SCSI kernel, with support for most SCSI
controllers that work under Linux. (NOTE: This kernel
wastes a lot of memory, since it contains nearly *all*
of the SCSI drivers. If you know which SCSI controller
your system has, it's *far* better to use the kernel
designed especially for it. But, if you don't know,
then this generic kernel might just work for you.)
scsinet.s Supports most SCSI controllers, plus many of the most
common ethernet cards.
NOTE: Don't be too surprised if scsinet.s causes your
machine to hang. It's loaded with nearly every SCSI
and network driver for Linux, and unless your hardware
is well behaved, the probing process can freeze your
machine. If that happens, don't panic, just use a
kernel with less drivers.
The kernel designed for your SCSI controller would be
the right choice. If you need network support, use
the kernel designed for your SCSI card.
seagate.s Seagate ST01/ST02, Future Domain TMC-885/950 SCSI
support.
sgivis.s This kernel supports the SGI Visual Workstation
models 320 and 540. The kernel also supports Adaptec
aic7xxx SCSI cards, multiple CPUs, and the SGI DBE
video frame buffer graphics console.
smp.s This kernel is the same as the generic scsi.s kernel,
but adds support for motherboards with multiple CPUs.
(symmetric multiprocessing, or SMP)
sym538xx.s This kernel contains enhanced support for Symbios/NCR
SCSI chipsets in the SYM53C8XX family. It drops support
of some of the oldest chipsets in this family in order
to use some new features, so older cards will need to
use the n_53c7xx.s or n_53c8xx.s kernel images instead.
The driver in this kernel supports the following
Symbios/NCR chipsets: 810A 825A 860 875 876 895 896
tekram.s This kernel supports the Tekram DC390(T) PCI SCSI
Hostadapter with the Am53C974A chip, and perhaps other
cards using the same chip. It does _not_ support the
DC390W/U/F adaptor with the NCR/Symbios chips -- for
those cards, use the n_53c8xx.s kernel.
trantor.s Trantor T128/T128F/T228 SCSI support.
ultrastr.s UltraStor 14F, 24F, and 34F SCSI support.
ustor14f.s UltraStor 14F and 34F SCSI support.
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