On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 10:16 PM, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm now using grub4dos to boot a floppy DOS image like this: > > map --mem (hd0,0)/floppy.img (fd0) > map --hook > chainloader (fd0)+1 > rootnoverify (fd0) > > I'd like to switch to grub2 but so far I can't get it to > boot the same image. I've tried two methods: > > loopback fd1 (hd0,1)/floppy.img > set root=fd1 > chainloader (fd1)+1 > > or: > > chainloader (hd0,1)/floppy.img > > Both methods give the same result: a typical DOS > "missing system, hit any key to reboot" error, but > hitting any key does nothing and I have to do a hard > reset to reboot. (BTW, I see the floppy disk drive > light come on during the boot. Should this happen > when trying to boot a floppy image?) > > What am I doing wrong?
GRUB2 doesn't support int 13 emulation yet. However, you can use memdisk from the syslinux package to archive similar result: linux (hd0,1)/memdisk initrd (hd0,1)/floppy.img -- Bean _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
