On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Enbor . wrote: E >Hi, I had installed FreeDOS and now I'm trying to to boot it using E >Grub, but I can't get it. E > E >The partition in which I have installed FreeDOS is a logical partition E >(maybe that is the problem), called hda6 on linux. So I have been E >trying to boot by adding this entries to my Grub's menu.lst (a E >different one each try):
did you make the partition a fat partition or is it a linux partition? gparted will allow you to set the parition type? since you have a linux set up have you tried running Freedos in a windo under dosemu/xdosemu? i can run my freedos either with dosemu or as a standalone boot but the standalone boot needs a dos partition. the dosemu version is running from a subdirectory under home in my linux partition although I can access data files in my dos parition. my boot partition for linux is in an extended/ logical partition but mt dos partition is a primary partition. here is my grub entry # 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 note that when Ubuntu was installing itself on my drive that it made the Freedos entry automatically having found freedos in the dos partition at hda1 E > E ># FreeDOS E >title FreeDOS E >root (hd0,5) E > E ># FreeDOS E >title FreeDOS+ E >root (hd0,5) E >chainloader +1 E > E ># FreeDOS E >title FreeDOS+ E >root (hd0,5) E >chainloader /freedos.bin # After doing "sys e: freedos.bin both" from E >the FreeDOS liveCD (E: is the partition where I've installed FreeDOS) E > E >When I select the FreeDOS entry from the Grub menu, appears a message E >saying "Starting FreeDOS" or something similar, but the PC freezes E >with a very loud Hard Disk sound and nothing happens. E > E >I have also tried those entries above with the "makeactive" option, E >but in that case an error message appears. E > what is the error message? E >Does anybody know what do I have to add to my Grub menu to be able to E >boot FreeDOS? E > E >Thanks E > E >------------------------------------------------------------------------- E >SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper E >from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going E >mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. E >http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 E >_______________________________________________ E >Freedos-user mailing list E >[email protected] E >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user E > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bonnie Dalzell, MA mail:5100 Hydes Rd ---- Hydes MD USA 21082-----EMAIL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com. Editor Net.Pet Online Animal Magazine - http://www.netpetmagazine.com HOME http://www.qis.net/~borzoi/ BUSINESS http://www.batw.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
