Second try: I don't know why my post has arrived to the list as hundreds of no sense letters.
>did you make the partition a fat partition or is it a linux >partition? gparted will allow you to set the parition type? Itś a FAT32 partition. >If i understand correctly, "root (hd0,5)" is because it is in an >extended partition. No DOS can boot from extended partitions. Yes, is a logical/extended partition, but I've read that it's possible to boot from there using Grub, maybe that's no true? >I recomend that you use GPARTED and move it to a primary partition. It's no so easy, I have 3 primary partitions and one logical with two extended, so it would by hard to fix it... >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. I also use dosemu, but I would like to try FreeDOS installed in my computer, just for play a bit with it... I've just found this, from Grub's manual: Command: makeactive Set the active partition on the root disk to GRUB's root device. This command is limited to primary PC partitions on a hard disk. So it has no sense to use that option. Know the question is, it's is really impossible to boot from a extended partition? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
