Re: [Freedos-user] Logical Partitions

2024-12-19 Thread Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user
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 >

Re: [Freedos-user] Logical Partitions

2024-12-19 Thread Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user
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 Linu

Re: [Freedos-user] Logical Partitions

2024-12-19 Thread Tomas By via Freedos-user
On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:53:30 +0100, Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user wrote: > What process can I use to boot off of the logical partition? Apparently, `chainloading.' https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88985 "I formatted a large 400GB logical partition at the end of a disk as FAT32 from a Lin

Re: [Freedos-user] Logical Partitions

2024-12-19 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-user
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

[Freedos-user] Logical Partitions

2024-12-19 Thread Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user
Hello, I gave up on my desire to install FreeDOS to a non C: drive. C: it is. However, I still can't boot it without the "no KERNEL.SYS. Looking into it, 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 i