Message-ID: <3480D62B.27145418@a.crl.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 20:57:47 -0600
From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Organization: Spectrum Healthcare Services
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To: ark AT mos DOT ru
CC: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Lilo and Loader (and Dosemu)
References: <01bcfd08$9fdda500$8539d8cc AT neuromancer> <ABPXqVq8hP AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
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Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
>=20
> X-Comment-To: Sean P. Kane
>=20
> Hi!
>=20
> 29-=EE=CF=D1-97 12:51 kanesp AT evolveinc DOT net (Sean P. Kane) wrote to Open=
DOS <opendos AT delorie DOT com>:
>=20
>  > on my machine, using LILO (the Linux Loader) to pick between them. W=
hen I
>  > installed OpenDOS 7.02 b2 it overwrote my Master Boot Record, so tha=
t I
>  > could only load either OpenDOS or Windows 95. If i reload lilo onto =
the MBR,
>  > will it then pass to loader if I choose to boot of the C Drive (wher=
e
>  > Windows 95/OpenDOS is installed), or will I overright Loader. Where =
exactly
>  > does loader reside in the MBR or on the C Drive?
>=20
>      I have parallel question. Which programm allow me make at once sys=
tem
> partition in cross-system?
>=20
>      I.e., I want make Win95 bootable partition under MS-DOS 6.x, but
> SYS.COM from Win95 not work under MS-DOS (although allow point path wit=
h
> system files) and vice-versa. Moreover, we can have different bootloade=
r (at
> least, between MS-DOS and Win95), differnet system files names (for exa=
mple,
> IBMBIO.COM/IBMDOS.COM and IO.SYS/MSDOS.SYS) and, for some, hard require=
ments
> to location system files in directory and on disk.
>=20
>      What can I do?

There's extensive discussion of a nice boot loader name grub (the GRand
Unified Bootloader) early on in this list.  Search the mail archive at
www.delorie.com for "grub".

It is located at http://www.uruk.org/grub/

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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com
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