Re: Q: how to run linux in a diskimage on NTFS

[Anton Altaparmakov]

Have a look at http://www.phatlinux.com/ as they install Linux in a file
on windows (I don't know how they sort out the boot but you can find out
yourself). 

Hope this helps,

	Anton
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Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
Unix Support, Computing Service, University of Cambridge, CB2 3QH, UK
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, lode leroy wrote:
> I want to run linux on an embedded system that does
> not have a CDROM or FLOPPY, so the only possibility
> is to go over the network.
> 
> The machine is running WinXP, and I would prefer not
> to install a boot manager, or destroy the filesystem,
> which is NTFS.
> 
> Is there a possibility to do the following:
> 
> 1) put the following files on the NTFS partition:
> 	bootsector  (<- don't know how to create this one)
> 	bootmanager (<- don't know what to put here)
> 	kernel image
> 	ramdisk image
> 	disk image
> 2) call the bootsector from NTLDR
> 3) call the bootmanager from the bootsector
> 4) load the kernel and ramdisk image from the bootmanager
> 5) mount the NTFS partition READ-WRITE
> 6) mount the disk image READ-WRITE over the loopback device
> 
> 7) if possible, disable NTFS/WRITE for anything but the disk image.
> 
> 
> Can anyone advise me on which bootmanager to use?
> Can anyone tell me if this is possible?
> 
> -- lode
> 
> ps: please CC me directly
> 
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