Phat Linux on NT: Startup Problem

I have installed a copy of Phat Linux on my Dell Latitude Laptop.
The machine has NT 4.0, 128 MB RAM. Atempting to start Phat Linux
by executing (by double clicking) the 'linux.bat' results in the
following message.

Appreciate any help, Cheers,
Harry.

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D:\PHAT>loadlin vmlinuz initrd=ramdisk.gz mem=128M
LOADLIN v1.6 (C) 1994..1996 Hans Lermen <lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de>

CPU is in V86-mode (may be WINDOWS, EMM386, QEMM, 386MAX, ...)
You need pure 386/486 real mode or a VCPI server to boot Linux
VCPI is supported by most EMS drivers (if EMS is enabled),
but never under WINDOWS-3.1 or WINDOWS'95.
(However, real DOS-Mode of WINDOWS'95 can have EMS driver with VCPI)
If loading via VCPI you also MUST have:
1. An interceptable setup-code (see MANUAL.TXT)
2. Identical Physical-to-Virtual mapping for the first 640 Kbytes

Your current DOS/CPU configuration is:
load buffer size: 0x00000000 , setup buffer size: 0x3E00
total memory: 0x08000000
CPU is in V86 mode
SetupIntercept: NO
stat2: cpu_V86, but no VCPI available (check aborted)
input params (size 0x0022):
vmlinuz initrd=ramdisk.gz mem=128M
LOADLIN started from DOS-prompt
WARNING: Not enough free memory (load buffer size)
D:\PHAT>echo Phat Linux failed to load
Phat Linux failed to load

D:\PHAT>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

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On 10 Feb 2004 17:19:47 -0800, hs <tintin05@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have installed a copy of Phat Linux on my Dell Latitude Laptop.
> The machine has NT 4.0, 128 MB RAM. Atempting to start Phat Linux
> by executing (by double clicking) the 'linux.bat' results in the
> following message.

> CPU is in V86-mode (may be WINDOWS, EMM386, QEMM, 386MAX, ...)
> You need pure 386/486 real mode or a VCPI server to boot Linux

It is saying that you can't boot linux from within NT. It is telling
the truth. NT runs in the Intel "protected mode", which means that NT
can prevent another program from taking over the hardware. DOS uses the
"real mode", which will allow any program to take over the hardware.

You need to boot Phat from DOS, not DOS-under-NT. But if your aims is
to try out Linux without disturbing your NT install, I suggest Knoppix.
It boots and runs directly from a CD and does not touch your hard disk.

<http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/>


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