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Owen Jones wrote:
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> The fs.img file is as a file, or is it decomperesed? 

fs.img is an image of the BL3 filesystem (without kernel).  
It sits on the DOS partition as a file (it is not compressed).
After the BL3 kernel boots, it mounts fs.img as a loop device 
and then uses it as the root filesystem.

BL2 also uses an image file:  baslinux.gz.  It sits on the
DOS partition as a file (it is compressed).  After the BL2
kernel boots, it unzips baslinux.gz to a ramdisk and then
uses that as the root filesystem.

> is that what the loadlin is for? 

loadlin.exe is a DOS executable that boots a Linux kernel.
It has various parameters to tell the kernel where to find 
the root filesystem.

> Will the cd boot itself 

I know very little about creating CDroms.  However, loadlin.exe
only runs from DOS, so your CDrom must boot DOS to use loadlin.

> or do i need to run loadlin manualy?

When DOS boots, it automatically executes autoexec.bat.  
So, you can start loadlin automatically in there.

Cheers,
Steven