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From: "Weiqi Gao" <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>
To: <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: [opendos] Still can't boot OpenDOS from second hard drive with grub-0.4
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:18:50 -0600
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Hi,

I posted an inquery yesterday about booting OpenDOS from the second hard
drive and haven't got any definitive answer except the one from Church who
asked "how did you set up the menu?"

Here, in more detail, is what I have been able to accomplish so far:
1.  Downloaded DOD701.EXE :)  Exploded it.  Made the disk set.
2.  Installed it on a MS-DOS 6.2 system using default locations, worked OK,
uninstalled it.
3.  Installed it on the D:\ drive (system at D:\, utilities in D:\OPENDOS,
etc.).  OpenDOS reported it SYSed the drive.
4.  Installed grub-0.4 with the following menu.lst:
    title=MS-DOS 6.2
        root=(hd0,0)
        makeactive
        chainloader=+1
    title=OpenDOS 7.01
        root=(hd1,0)
        makeactive
        chainloader=+1
5.  The menu worked fine.  If I select the first option, MS-DOS 6.2 is
booted up as expected.
6.  If I select the second option, I get a message "Cannot load DOS press
key to retry..."
7.  The message came from the OpenDOS boot record.

My questions are:
1.  What am I doing wrong?
2.  Am I stupid or what?
3.  Am I right in assuming that OpenDOS should not be installed onto a
second hard drive?
4.  If I cannot use the free OpenDOS for commercial purposes, what good
does it do for me?

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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT crl DOT com