From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:04:06 -0500 (EST)
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To: Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
cc: Yeep <Yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>, opendos <OPENDOS AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Can't load dos
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Gene Buckle wrote:

> > 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.

*YET*.  Gimme the source Gene.  :o)  Oh, and some compilers that I
don't have.  :o)

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