loadlin questions with RH7.1

Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> OK, downloaded the ISO for cd one from the local mirror that a plugger was so
> kind to set up (sorry, don't remember your name, but thanks). Since I can only
> have one peripheral plugged into my laptop at a time (cdrom or floppy or second
> battery) I usually copy the files from the dosutils directory onto my c:\linux.
> Then edit autoboot.bat to point to the right location (and verify the \ instead
> of / for paths). I run autoboot.bat and loadlin spits back "not an Image file"
> ...
>
> Autoboot.bat initially said:
> loadlin autoboot\vmlinuz initrd=autoboot\initrd.img
>
> both files exist and comparing the sizes of them to the one on VAlinux's mirror
> shows them to be the same size. I tried various things like:
>
> loadlin autoboot\initrd.img
> loadlin autoboot\vmlinuz
> loadlin autoboot\boot.img --> (copied from the images directory)

Your default directory is c:\linux when you issue the loadlin command,
right? If not, add "cd c:\linux" to autoboot.bat before loadlin.

I found a couple messages suggesting you need to include the full path
name, as in:

loadlin c:\linux\autoboot\vmlinuz initrd=c:\linux\autoboot\initrd.img

That makes sense (to me) in a goofy, DOS-like way. If loadlin was
reading the directory instead of the image, it should say "not an image
file". I can't seem to find the source for loadlin.exe - must sleep...
If that doesn't work I'd try to get the source to find out exactly what
prompts that message.

Steve