• Multiboot with MSDOS

    From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 19 20:20:32 2023
    Way back I set up a machine with three OS, MSDOS was the lowest sector.

    Don't remember everything I did, but here is my grub.cfg

    # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
    ## default num
    # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
    # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
    default 1
    timeout 177
    color cyan/blue white/blue
    #Quantian bootable partition config begins
    title Quantian on (/dev/sda6)
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 ro ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off nomce quiet vga=791
    initrd /boot/initrd.img
    savedefault
    boot
    # QUANTIAN bootable partition config ends
    # XP bootable partition config begins
    title XP on (/dev/sda1)
    unhide (hd0,0)
    hide (hd0,1)
    root (hd0,0)
    makeactive
    chainloader +1
    # Win XP bootable partition config ends
    # DOS is in front of XP but was installed later so has a higher SDA number
    # DOS bootable partition config begins
    title DOS on (/dev/sda2)
    hide (hd0,0)
    unhide (hd0,1)
    root (hd0,1)
    makeactive
    chainloader +1
    # DOS bootable partition config ends


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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 20 15:09:43 2023
    Something about MSDOS must be before cylinder 1024?

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