1) It loads faster than LILO
2) Since it works off a DOS partition, and my DOS partition is less
than 1024 cylinders, I do not need to worrry about disk placement.
3) I have never known LOADLIN to trash a disk (unlike LILO)
4) LOADLIN will handle bigger images than LILO
5) You can set up your plug-and-play peripherals under DOS and access
them in LINUX if you use LOADLIN
ps: LOADLIN is distributed with source code. Anybody been able to get
this assembler code to compile without errors? I get the message
"Greater than 100 errors - giving up" whenever I try to assemble
LOADLIN No object or listing files are produced. I am using
MASM 6.11 (just bought it).
Got MMX 200 mHz CPU upgrade. Now have 400 BogoMips instead of 70 with
the old Pentium 200 mHz classic. MMX seems to run 20% or so faster
than Pentium classic. Maybe bigger cache size and improved branch
look-ahead explain this. In my opinion, the MMX is worth buying even
if you don't use the extended instruction set.
Ya'akov Miles
miles@skybus.com