README

Linloader 0.40
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Linloader is RISC OS command line program for booting Linux on Acorn
RiscPCs, RiscStations, Bush STBs and Castle's Iyonix. It does not provide a
boot menu, or shut down the desktop. Linloader is released under the GNU GPL,
see the file Docs.GPL/txt and is © Timothy Baldwin and others.

Full documentation can be found in the Docs directory.

These sources have been modified to use a modern OSLib distribution
They require a Norcroft linked zlib, source for which can be obtained
from: http://www.kyllikki.org

This is broken for Bush STB in that they assume an 8MB memory SIMM and
pass values to ARM Linux accordingly.


Versions
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*** 2012 note: LinLoader is currently unmaintained ***

Versions:

0.20, 0.30, 0.35: Original Risc PC version

0.35a: Patched for Bush STB/RiscStation by Vincent Sanders
Linloader is now maintained by Vincent Sanders, taking the original
0.35 version and updating it for RiscStation support, as well
as improving comments.

0.40: Iyonix support added by Peter Naulls
Peter Naulls added support for Castle's Iyonix, and cleaned the
code up, and added more comments.


Disclaimer
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Linloader is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.


Availability
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The original Linloader can be downloaded from :
 http://www.reinhouse.freeserve.co.uk/riscos/linloader/

A later modified version is available from
 http://www.kyllikki.org/software/ro-ports/releases/

Source code resides at:
 https://github.com/caliston/linloader