I spent the last 3 days fooling around with several ways to set my Windows 2000/FreeDOS machine set up with a multi-boot menu. I tried GAG, Grub4Dos, and the boot.ini file that Windows 2000 uses.
Windows 2000 is installed on the 1st hard drive, 1st partition and is my primary/default system. FreeDOS is installed on the 2nd hard drive, 1st partition. Both operating systems boot and run ok if I swap drives in my BIOS, but that’s a hassle. GAG actually boots to FreeDOS ok one time each time I install it. Every time thereafter it boots to Windows 2000, instead of FreeDOS. I suspect the TSR program GAG uses to swap hard drives gets confused by Windows 2000. I did try installing FreeDOS to a partition on the 1st drive to avoid the TSR swap program, but then I ended up with Windows NT issues trying to boot to FreeDOS. I don’t have any NT issues with GAG if FreeDOS is on my 2nd drive. I don’t see much hope of getting Grub4Dos or Windows 2000’s boot.ini working with my configuration. Both methods keep getting tangled up in Windows NT issues. Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on setting up a multi-boot menu with my FreeDOS setup? At this point, I feel lucky that both operating systems still boot and run ok by swapping drives in my BIOS! -- It's all fun and games until someone divides by zero.
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