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Subject: Another FreeDOS installation query
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:17:54 +1100
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Thread-Topic: Another FreeDOS installation query
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From: "da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT landisgyr DOT com>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
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Presently, I have a dual-boot system based on DR-DOS
Loader R1.04 (1999/01/07), where the default O/S is
MS-DOS 7.10 (with optional W98SE GUI/Extender) and
the alternative O/S is DR-DOS 6.0 (4/92 edition).

Now I'm wondering, is it possible to add FreeDOS 1.0
to that mix?

The DR-DOS Loader only supports MS-DOS as a default
O/S, whereby (AFAIK) it simply passes control to the
partition boot sector, which then loads IO.SYS, etc.
All the alternative O/S are defined via the 'boot.lst'
configuration file, which supports various Digital
Research O/S, some obscure O/S that I don't recognize,
and O/S2. There is no explicit support for MS-DOS, nor
FreeDOS.

So, without making FreeDOS the default O/S, and thereby
losing support for MS-DOS, is there any way to specify
FreeDOS as an alternative O/S boot option in 'boot.lst'?

I've tried using the "Binary" option, for 'kernel.sys'
and 'fdosboot.bin' (created using FreeDOS 'sys'), but
neither of these worked.

(If this isn't possible, I'll have to ditch the DR-DOS
Loader and try something else, such as "grub4dos".)

Joe.


Joe da Silva
Senior Electronic Engineer
Landis+Gyr
Phone: +61 2 9690 7309
joe DOT dasilva AT landisgyr DOT com
http://www.landisgyr.com/

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