Leon A. Goldstein wrote: > (I posted this enquiry on the Caldera mail list but got no response. My > apologies if any list member has seen this already.) > > I want to slave a DOS/Win3.1 HD to one of my Linux boxes. > I can boot the DOS HD using GRUB: > (menu.lst) > Title DR-DOS > map (hd1)(hd0) > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > boot > > This works, although the recipe is not exactly as prescribed by the GRUB > documentaion I read. I'm supposed to have a second map entry: (map > (hd0)(hd1)) but that simply does not work. The above menu.lst works > with WS.3.1 and Libranet 2.7. > > With DOS so booted, the problem is that my partitions are skewed. I > have a 1.6 GB HD partitioned with one primary and three logical > partitions. > When I run PCTools (remember that great utility?) the partitions are > listed as C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J > Examination reveals that C is duplicated in D, the real D is E and > duplicated in H, and so on. > I can run all apps in the C partition, but Windows is knocked out > because it is in another partition and the mapping screws up the paths. > > Any suggestions? If I can solve this, I want to donate my original DOS > box (with a new HD) to a local no-kill animal shelter. > > > -- > Leon A. Goldstein > > Powered by Libranet 1.9.1 Debian Linux > System 5151
This sounds more like a M$ DOS/Windows problem, than a Linux problem, but a couple of questions come to mind: 1) What tool did you use to set up the partitions? If you used anything other than a M$ DOS or Windows utility (eg. fdisk), that might be the cause of your problem. 2) Have you tried restoring the master boot record with fdisk & booting DOS natively, rather than through GRUB? What happens then? cmr -- Registered Linux User #241964 ---- "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." -- Samwise Gamgee _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
