Hi Bernd:
Thanks for the help. I booted from the Beta9SR1 CD and
exited to a DOS shell (X: prompt).
I am using the GAG bootloader from the MBR of the hard disk,
and selected primary partition 3 (where FreeDOS is installed).
This is a primary FAT32 partition, marked active by GAG, and
I performed a "SYS C: /bootonly" from the CD command line.
(I also tried variants of SYS C: /bootonly /b ff and such
without making any difference).
The boot of FreeDOS starts normally and shows my two disk
partitions correctly:
C: HD1, Pri[ 3], CHS=1919-0-1, start=15053MB, size=478MB
D: HD1, Ext[ 1], CHS=1980-1-1. start=15531MB, size=9036MB
Bad or missing Command Interpreter
(I entered a:\command.com a:/)
FreeCom version 0.82...
Error reading from drive C: DOS area: unknown command given to driver
(I entered F for Fail)
Drive C: not responding
>
(I entered a:. A DIR on A: showed the first partition and the
FreeDOS files. The config file and autoexec.bat are written for
C:).
Here is the DIR C: result (taken from the Beta9SR1 CD boot):
Volume in drive C is FREEDOS
Volume Serial Number is F493-CCEE
Directory of C:\
DATAPOL <DIR> 07-19-2005 7:55a
FDOS <DIR> 07-19-2005 7:55a
AUTOEXEC BAT 361 07-19-2005 8:01a
COMMAND COM 68,353 07-18-2005 8:00p
CONFIG SYS 392 07-19-2005 8:06a
KERNEL SYS 44,056 07-19-2005 7:27a
SYS COM 11,459 07-19-2005 7:34a
5 file(s) 124,621 bytes
2 dir(s) 476 Mega bytes free
For good measure, here's the fdisk /info /tech (also from the
Beta9SR1 CD command line):
Current fixed disk drive: 1 (TC: 4864 TH: 254 TS: 63)
Partition Status Mbytes Description Usage Start Cyl End Cyl
1 222 55 Unknown 0% 0 6
2 7 A 14998 NTFS 39% 7 1918
C: 3 12 478 FAT32 (LBA) 1% 1919 1979
4 5 22623 Extended 59% 1980 4863
Contents of Extended DOS Partition:
Drv Volume Label Mbytes System Usage
D: NO NAME 9037 FAT32 L 40%
12598 Linux N 56%
486 Linux S 2%
Thanks again. Why the heck is this sort of A:?
Mark
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef:
>
> Harddisk partition should have FAT12, FAT16 or FAT32 filesystem, be a
> primary partition, be an ACTIVE primary partition, and contain a
> bootsector which points to the kernel to be loaded.
>
>
> > When I boot the disk partition, it begins to boot as A:! This causes
> > great difficulty...it should be C:.
>
> boot from a diskette and do a DIR C:, then post output on this mailinglist.
> >
> > Mark
>
> sometimes your name shows up, other times only your email address as
> sender. Strange.
>
> Bernd
>
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