Robert Nordier wrote:
>
> Gary T. Corcoran wrote:
>
> > Now since the MBR booter "knows" that you don't boot DOS/Windows
> > from an "extended" partition (type 5), it doesn't offer it as
> > a boot choice. Now I could probably hack the booter (boot0 ?)
> > to accept type 5 as a valid choice. But before I risk losing
> > my whole (work) disk by messing with the MBR :), does anyone know if
> > I do this, and install LILO (the linux loader) into my "extended"
> > partition, will the MBR booter find the LILO booter to really
> > be able to boot Linux? Or will the "extended dos" partition
> > still confuse the MBR booter - that is, not find LILO where it
> > expects it?
>
> Unfortunately any hack based around allowing selection of type 5
> partitions won't work. There's really no simple fix to get boot0
> booting stuff from within extended partitions.
What about installing the FreeBSD MBR into the boot sector of
the extended partition and calling it recursively ? That would
require some changes to the MBR: it should be able to receive
somehow the knowledge that it's loaded from an extended partition
and the exact geometry of that partition.
No, I'm not volunteering :-)
-SB
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