On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Hugo Delchini wrote:
HD >Hi, i wonder if there is a way to boot freedos using GRUB ? How to to
HD >the necessary setup, do i have to install freedos from the cdroms ?
HD >Actually i have several PC with floppy drives and a hard disk. I would
HD >like to install a minimal freedos setup on the hard disk, and be able to
HD >boot other operating systems i can currently boot. I am using GRUB and
HD >would like to continue but with the ability to boot freedos when i need
HD >it. It is possible for me to boot under linux on these PCs and
HD >manipulate the GRUB configuration on the hard disk to include freedos.
HD >Is it possible ? Thanks for any help, i read several FAQs and found
HD >nothing that helped me.
HD >Hugo.
HD >
HD >Hi, i wonder if there is a way to boot freedos using GRUB ? How to to
yes indeed there is!!!
here is my grub menu for freedos one of the three os's that my system
triple boots into.
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux
OS
# on /dev/hda1
title FreeDOS
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
I made a small (1/gig) fat 32 partition and copied freedos into it
from the cd. the fat partition is first one on the primary harddrive.
while linux numbers the drives as hda, hdb etc and their partitions as
1,2, 3, etc (hda1, hda2, etc) grub numbers the drives from 0 (zero) and
the partitions from 0 (zero) so linux's hda1 is grub's hd0,0
you can test your mount when the grub boot screen comes up by editing
the various lines interactively. typing 'e' get's you into edit for an
entry, and typing "e" while the a line in the entry is highlighted
enables you to edit temporarily the entry and then proceed to try a boot.
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