Hi mc510/hotmail, > Hi, FreeDOS noob here. Grub boots FreeDOS, which puts me in my win98 > partition. FreeDOS is installed in a different partition, but when FreeDOS > is running I have no access to the partition from which FreeDOS booted. > Help? > > FreeDOS was installed from fdbasecd.iso installer. > > Grub was installed by debian installer and boots FreeDOS with: > root (hd0,1) > savedefault > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > On boot, FreeDOS says: > C: HD1, Pri[1], CHS=0-1-1, start=0MB, size=2098 > > Partitions are: > 1: FAT32 (Win98) - this is where FreeDOS puts my command prompt > 2: Linux swap > 3: Linux (debian root) > 4: FAT16 (FreeDOS)
As FreeDOS brings you to the FAT32 partition, you seem to use a FAT32 aware kernel. That will also support FAT16, and unless your geometry is bad (in which case you should at least get a warning at FreeDOS) boot it should have no problem to access your FAT16 partition. FreeDOS also does support LBA, so a problem with "8 GB limit" is also not likely. What probably IS the cause of your problem is the GRUB configuration that you use. Maybe some of your GRUB boot menu items involve hiding / unhiding partitions? Then, if Windows is not scared by seeing your FreeDOS FAT16 partition, you can simply make sure that no hiding of partitions takes place, or at least all partitions are un-hidden when you select the FreeDOS menu item :-) Eric PS: You can check things with Linux fdisk, parted or MAYBE DOS xfdisk / spfdisk. I would recommend NOT to use normal DOS fdisk to edit partitions as that will have unwanted side effects as zapped FAT boot sectors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
