Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 21:49:54 MST
Message-Id: <9701280449.AA12953@rgfn.epcc.Edu>
From: av568 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu (Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church)
To: weiqigao AT crl DOT com
Subject: Re: [opendos] Still can't boot OpenDOS from second hard drive with grub-0.4
Cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
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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..."

The exact same thing happened to me; MS-DOS boots fine, OpenDOS gags. The 
interesting thing is that OpenDOS boots fine off a floppy, and from what 
a can tell with my hex editor, the boot sectors are nearly identical, 
except the floppy version is missing the partition info (of course).

>7.  The message came from the OpenDOS boot record.

After rooting about with a hex editor for a half hour, I discovered this 
too. This is frustrating in that it'll be harder to debug...

>My questions are:
>1.  What am I doing wrong?

Nothing that I can see; see below.

>2.  Am I stupid or what?

Of course not! :)

>3.  Am I right in assuming that OpenDOS should not be installed onto a
>second hard drive?

It seems this way to me. I cannot verify if GRUB will boot OD off of the 
first hard drive; I don't feel like taking the risk of losing most of my 
data. :)

Has anyone had true success booting OD from a second hard drive, whether 
using GRUB, System Commander, or any other multibooter?

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