On 22 Jul 2002 15:17:40 -0400, Ron Parker <ron### [at] povrayorg>
wrote:

>Note that the DOS-based OS (98) is specified using DOS semantics (C:\)

Yes, I tried that, too. When I do that, the bootloader complains about
not finding multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\bootsect.dos

When I set it using 

bootsect.dos="Windows 98"

where bootsect.dos is my other hdd's bootsector (dd'ed under Linux),
it complains about not finding hal.dll - so it's still looking for an
NT installation. The /win95 switch doesn't help in any case.

>Unforunately, you're likely to find that 98 just won't boot off of D: .  The
>bootloader has the C:\ hardcoded in it in several places.

I can switch the disks anytime, and in fact I tried that, too - I
guessed it was that stupid. However, the bootloader resides in the
WinXP disk MBR - how do I save it to the Win98 disk's MBR?

I've already spent a day editing boot.ini and logging into the
security console and all these pretty things that are so "well"
documented - to no avail. I could have done it with lilo in a ziffy
but the problem has already gotten onto my nerves and it is now a
matter of principle that I get it solved.

Any idea about the bootsect.dos and bootsect.w40 files?


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
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