Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS without the boot loader?

2010-06-14 Thread Alain Mouette
This explanation by Eric Auer may be a little confusing, but note one thing: This is for having *both FreeDOS and Win98 in the same partition* but I am not sure if that is what was asked. In any case, I found very interesting this dual method :) Alain Em 14-06-2010 17:37, Eric Auer escreveu: >

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS without the boot loader?

2010-06-14 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Alain, Eric, > FreeDOS does not need anything from the Win98 partition to boot. > The requisites are: > 1) it must boot from a primary partition > 2) the partition needs to be active. Not really... Because you use GRUB, it is enough if you have a valid boot sector in a FILE. Our SYS can mak

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS without the boot loader?

2010-06-14 Thread Alain Mouette
Hi FreeDOS does not need anything from the Win98 partition to boot. The requisites are: 1) it must boot from a primary partition 2) the partition needs to be active. Windows98 have the same requisites, that is the problem. But it can be solved by Grub.. This is how I did it: # This entry for F