I've tried some different options. Acronis, Plop 5 and 6, XOSL, all seem to be no gos.
I did test Ubuntu on a virtual machine, and it found the FreeDOS partition and added it to grub without even asking. That also did not work. > On Dec 19, 2024, at 6:05 PM, Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Thanks for the quick responses. > > It is on the C drive currently, as it's the first visible dos drive. I don't > know much about chain loading. What steps should I take? The grub4dos post > I saw, but I still can't figure out how to do that. I am attempting to > install grub without installing Linux at the moment. Certainly not easy. If > LILO can do it that'd be great, because lilo is on the system. I just need > to know how to set it up in lilo.conf. > >> On Dec 19, 2024, at 4:36 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user >> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> >> Hi! >> >> Logical partitions are organized as a chain, while >> primary partitions have absolute pointers from the >> MBR. So it is harder for the boot sector to know >> where the partition starts and where to search for >> the kernel. You could work this around by storing >> the information in the boot sector. It might be >> necessary to modify the boot sector for that, but >> appropriate boot sectors could already be available, >> together with adapted versions of SYS which let you >> set the right values, automatically or manually. >> >> The kernel itself has no problem using a logical >> partition as C: drive as far as I remember. It >> just has to be the first visible FAT partition, >> otherwise it will not be called C: and the kernel >> expects at least config or fdconfig sys there. >> >> With appropriate config, basically everything >> else can also be on a different drive letter. >> >> You could also use a boot loader which can load the >> kernel from a file on a primary partition, even >> if that is not a DOS partition. Maybe somebody on >> the list can recommend a boot loader which has the >> feature to load DOS kernels that way. >> >> In addition, boot managers may not expect bootable >> operating systems on non-primary partitions, but I >> guess this will not prevent you from telling GRUB, >> LILO and similar others to boot those nevertheless? >> >> Regards, Eric >> >> >> >>> ... it seems like it may be an issue with installing >>> to a logical partition. What process can I use to boot >>> off of the logical partition? If it's a different boot >>> manager, then it needs to be installable to the partition >>> and not the MBR, because the main OS needs MBR. The other >>> OS also needs 2 primary partitions, while a second OS >>> needs another. >>> Also what is truly preventing FreeDOS from booting off >>> of a logical drive? Is this something that can be fixed? >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
