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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:06:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
To: Yeep <Yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
cc: opendos <OPENDOS AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Can't load dos
In-Reply-To: <199701301740.SAA15202@magigimmix.xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970130100615.12312C-100000@web.wa.net>
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> Has any one solved the: "Can't load DOS"-problem yet?
> For the people who don't know what I'm talking about (or maybe because I'm
> a bit vague :-) )...
> I installed OpenDOS on the firts partition of my second hardisk
> (/dev/hdb1).
> I used "dd" to copy the bootsector to a file and put that file into my
> NT-Bootloader-menu-thingy.
> Oh yeah, I also made the partition bootable.
> But when I boot I get the message: "Can't load DOS".
> There were others who had this problem, is it solved?
> 

Yeep, OpenDOS (and MSDOS) don't support booting from the second hd.

g.


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