Hi. I know it's a DOS thing to want C:, but with a more modern implementation, I think it shouldn't care. I don't need to hide any partitions, because it is already the first FAT partition. I can install it, but when booting I get the error, "No Kernel.SYS".
OS/2 is taking up 2 primaries. One for the boot manager, and one for the OS. My boot manager has issues with OS/2 on a logical partition, or rather OS/2 on a logical partition has issues with my boot manager. The primary partition I can't modify. I have seen things about boot managers that switch around primary partitions, but I too wouldn't trust it. In this case, I actually managed to remove the OS/2 boot manager, and still boot with my preferred boot manager. So I now created a third primary partition for FreeDOS, and it all works. Thanks for the information on how things work. Didn't have any options to fix the problem, but oh well. Maybe more boot options or documentation can be easier to figure out in the future, but for now, I'll sacrifice the primary. > On Dec 20, 2024, at 12:49 PM, Liam Proven via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 at 19:56, Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> I gave up on my desire to install FreeDOS to a non C: drive. C: it is. > > I think all versions of DOS require this. > >> However, I still can't boot it without the "no KERNEL.SYS. > > I do not know what that means. > >> Looking into it, it seems like it may be an issue with installing to a >> logical partition. > > You can possibly install it, but I don't think you can boot it from one. > >> The other OS also needs 2 primary partitions, while a second OS needs >> another. > > What OS is this? > > There were boot managers that did "illegal" things to DOS-partitioned > hard disks to allow >4 primary partitions and things, but even when > this was current, I did not recommend them. > > If I want to run >4 OSes that need primaries, I switch hard disks. > It's much more reliable. > > Traditionally -- I say this because it's general 20th century stuff > and in places FreeDOS is different -- DOS wants to be in the first > visible primary partition on the first drive. You can have primaries > before it and if DOS can't read them it will ignore them. PowerQuest > Bootmagic (out there as a free download, and the best tool of its kind > IMHO) can hide other partitions to make this easier. > > -- > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > IoM: (+44) 7624 227612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 > Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
