Re: [Freedos-user] Dual booting Linux and FreeDOS

2005-04-13 Thread Kristaps Kaupe
> Is it possible to have a dual boot system (Linux and FreeDOS) using grub or > grub4dos? From what I've seen from searching the web, a lot of people are > having trouble with this kind of setup. Has there been any progress on this Yes, it should be possible. Ok, I haven't tried this, but in theor

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual booting Linux and FreeDOS

2005-04-11 Thread kd4d
Hi Tom: You can see www.k1ea.com/hints Dual-boot "Real" DOS on Windows XP by Mark Bailey, KD4D for detailed instructions on how to configure GAG (a boot loader) to dual boot Windows XP and MS-DOS. To extend this to Linux (all of my machines actually triple boot various DOS flavors, Windows XP,

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual booting Linux and FreeDOS

2005-04-11 Thread kd4d
Good day: I don't know if it will boot FreeBSD, but I use the GAG boot loader to triple boot all of my machines...Linux, Windows XP, and various flavors of DOS. I find it much easier to deal with than LILO or GRUB. When I install the Linux OS, I install Lilo or Grub in the MBR of the /root parti

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual booting Linux and FreeDOS

2005-04-11 Thread Ken Martwick
I have had little problem "dual-booting" FreeDOS and Linux. I used the quotes because I usually boot four or more OS's on a given PC. It is easiest to start with a floppy boot image, tweak it until it works as you want it to, and then install to the HDD. I have just been learn- ing that grub doe

[Freedos-user] Dual booting Linux and FreeDOS

2005-04-11 Thread Thomas Murray
Is it possible to have a dual boot system (Linux and FreeDOS) using grub or grub4dos? From what I've seen from searching the web, a lot of people are having trouble with this kind of setup. Has there been any progress on this front? I really don't want to use a boot floppy if I don't have to, an