Hi Alain, Enbor, > >> If i understand correctly, "root (hd0,5)" is because it is in an > >> extended partition. No DOS can boot from extended partitions.
> I have never seen it done, nither DOS or Windows up to 98 ;-) I think it CAN be done but you would have to do a manual fixup of the partition offset / hidden sectors value in the boot sector. I have a Linux Perl script for installing custom boot sectors, www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/specials/sys-freedos-linux.zip , and with Grub, you can also even write the boot sector to a file instead of to the partition, might be safer... For that option, you would FIRST copy the old boot sector to a file, for example with OSCHECK (in DOS), and THEN use my tool to edit the sector. You can also use my tool to edit the boot sector inside the partition, without using separate files. Target "files" can be partition devices, diskimages, or boot sector files :-). Maybe you two could play around and look for a working config. > > Command: makeactive Not required for DOS partitions :-) You can use a boot menu like Grub and Lilo to boot any partition, but this does not help you to solve the "our SYS cannot make a boot sector which would work on a non primary partition" problem... Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
