On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 at 19:56, Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> I gave up on my desire to install FreeDOS to a non C: drive. C: it is. I think all versions of DOS require this. > However, I still can't boot it without the "no KERNEL.SYS. I do not know what that means. > Looking into it, it seems like it may be an issue with installing to a > logical partition. You can possibly install it, but I don't think you can boot it from one. > The other OS also needs 2 primary partitions, while a second OS needs > another. What OS is this? There were boot managers that did "illegal" things to DOS-partitioned hard disks to allow >4 primary partitions and things, but even when this was current, I did not recommend them. If I want to run >4 OSes that need primaries, I switch hard disks. It's much more reliable. Traditionally -- I say this because it's general 20th century stuff and in places FreeDOS is different -- DOS wants to be in the first visible primary partition on the first drive. You can have primaries before it and if DOS can't read them it will ignore them. PowerQuest Bootmagic (out there as a free download, and the best tool of its kind IMHO) can hide other partitions to make this easier. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 227612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
