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James Miller wrote:
>
> > The *only* function of DOS in the DOS version is to
> > boot the kernel (using loadlin.exe).  
> 
> I don't think this is going to work for him since he's 
> trying to do this under qemu and is probably not wanting 
> to install DOS.  

That's what I am trying to say -- DOS is unimportant.
He just has to boot the kernel and point it at the filesystem.
I believe QEMU is able to boot Linux kernels.  So step one is
possible.  Can QEMU tell the kernel (via a parameter?) to use
a particular filesystem image?  ...namely fs.img

> The man page specifies a bzImage using this -kernel switch:

IIRC there is also a section on booting kernels in the QEMU
user documentation.

> does it maybe only work on compressed kernels?  

zimage kernels are compressed too.  But that shouldn't be
an issue.  Kernels unzip themselves.  

Cheers,
Steven

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