Hey, I am not aware of your whole configuration and partitions but maybe this helps already.
grub legacy (and therefore also grub4dos) has a function called map. With map you can virtually exchange partitions and harddisks. So it could be easy to fix the mess with the drive letters. See http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/map.html -mr MegaBrutal schrieb: > Hi, > > I thought it should work with normal GRUB as well, but it didn't. Now > I have GRUB4DOS as well (actually now I have 3 boot-loaders in chain - > I need to make clean things someday). > > It almost works! GRUB4DOS loads freedos.bss well, so FreeDOS starts. > But it sees the FAT32 partition of my primary HDD as drive C:, and > sees the FAT32 partition of my secondary HDD (where FreeDOS is > installed - however it was my primary HDD before) as drive D:. So it > actually asks for the location of the command interpreter, and of > course, fdconfig.sys and fdauto.bat won't get executed. > > Now what can I do to make FreeDOS see D: as C: and vica-versa? Or how > can I tell it to look for it's stuffs on drive D:? So I'd like to swap > those drives (but only for FreeDOS) or I'd like to tell FreeDOS to use > drive D: instead. > > Thanks, > MegaBrutal > > > 2008/5/17 Michael Reichenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> MegaBrutal schrieb: >>> 2008/5/15 Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> You need a boot loader to do this. I run Linux on my PC, so my boot >>>> loader is GNU GRUB. You can try that. >>> How can I configure GRUB to load freedos.bss ? I've tried to load it >>> as a kernel, but it doesn't work. Or should I try to load kernel.sys ? >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedos-user mailing list >>> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >>> >>> >> I am using grub4dos. >> >> # find and load KERNEL.SYS from FreeDOS >> title find and load KERNEL.SYS from FreeDOS >> find --set-root /KERNEL.SYS >> chainloader /KERNEL.SYS >> >> ...works for me very well. >> >> Chainloading another harddisk is also possible. Loading a bootsector.bin >> also. >> >> If you struggle somewhere ask again, I am currently quite familiar with >> multi booting. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
