[Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS bootable CD

2007-12-01 Thread Enbor .
Hi, is there an easy way to make a custom FreeDOS bootable CD? I would like to make a CD similar to the installation one, which automatically boots in live CD mode and with some programs which a re not included in the basecd. Thanks in advance. ---

Re: [Freedos-user] Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-30 Thread Enbor .
FreeDOS that my mouse is not COM? thaks 2007/11/30, Enbor . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've finally got it! Thanks a lot for the advise, with that Grub menu > entry the system boots normally. > > But now I 've another issue, the mouse doesn't work. What do I have

Re: [Freedos-user] Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-30 Thread Enbor .
gt; rootnoverify (hd1,0) > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > chainloader +1 > > The maps commands switch disks (I really don't know how) in a way that > the OS is fooled just right. Try it! > > I hope this help :) > Alain > &g

Re: [Freedos-user] Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-29 Thread Enbor .
Well, seems that booting FreeDOS from a extended partition is impossible or at least very har, so I have make a primary partition of 1GB on my secondary disk. It's called "hdb2" by Linux. Know the problem is that when I try to install FreeDOS, xfdisk says that my new partition is hidden. I don't k

[Freedos-user] Fwd: Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-28 Thread Enbor .
Second try: I don't know why my post has arrived to the list as hundreds of no sense letters. >did you make the partition a fat partition or is it a linux >partition? gparted will allow you to set the parition type? Itś a FAT32 partition. >If i understand correctly, "root (hd0,5)" is because i

Re: [Freedos-user] Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-28 Thread Enbor .
>did you make the partition a fat partition or is it a linux >partition? gparted will allow you to set the parition type? Itś a FAT32 partition. >If i understand correctly, "root (hd0,5)" is because it is in an >extended partition. No DOS can boot from extended partitions. Yes, is a logical/exte

[Freedos-user] Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-28 Thread Enbor .
Hi, I had installed FreeDOS and now I'm trying to to boot it using Grub, but I can't get it. The partition in which I have installed FreeDOS is a logical partition (maybe that is the problem), called hda6 on linux. So I have been trying to boot by adding this entries to my Grub's menu.lst (a diffe