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Bootdisks for IBM Micro Channel Machines

Content by Michael Lang (original archived HERE). Edited by Major Tom.
Last content changes: 30 Nov 2000

Linux comes encapsulated in a variety of distributions. For the most important distributions, bootdisks are available to install the system on a computer. Here is my collection of bootdisks that I found or that I made (everything under construction, for now!).

• S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0 Bootdisk, modified for use with Microchannel Systems or the (gzip-edition). This bootdisk boots your system, so you are enabled to install Linux. There are some modules included on the disk, but they do not work with the kernel (2.0.35). This is just to bring up your system and install the distribution. The modules are just left in order to satisfy the linuxrc program. Later, when everything is installed, compile Linux again.
• S.u.S.E. Linux 6.1 Bootdisk, modified for use with Microchannel Systems or the (gzip-edition). S.u.S.E. Linux 6.1 Bootdisk, modified for use with Microchannel Systems This bootdisk is capable to put your system into a state in order to install/run S.u.S.E. Linux from a PS/2 or other Microchannel-Bus machine. This bootdisk is a contribution of Peter Jakobsson.
• S.u.S.E. Linux 6.3 Bootdisk, modified for use with Microchannel Systems or the (gzip-edition). This bootdisk boots your MCA-machine in order to install the S.u.S.E. distribution in its version 6.3. This bootdisk is a contribution of Thomas Persson who adapted the kernel-image and the disk to S.u.S.E. 6.3 requirements. Feel free to contact him, if you have questions or trouble concerning this bootimage.

The (gzip-edition) is the raw bootdiskimage compressed by gzip. You can decompress it using gzip -d file or using the gunzip tool. Under MS-DOS/WINXXXX you can use rawrite to copy it on a 1.44 MByte 3.5 inch diskette. Under UNIX systems, please use dd if=bootimage of=/dev/fd0, if the 3.5 inch drive represents drive A:.