Re: Grub and win98 boot record
paul wrote:
> Barry Michels declaimed:
>
>> From: "paul" <paul@mackinney.net>
>>
>>> The sys command will install msdos.sys, io.sys, and
>>> command.com to the partition. It will not fix the mbr
>>> and it will mess up the win98 install. It's intended
>>> to make bootable floppies, if you do it to the C:
>>> drive then the C: drive will only boot into the
>>> command prompt & you'll have to reinstall windows
>>> unless you know some tricks.
>>
>> IIRC, the 'trick' isn't all that 'tricky'. After
>> running 'sys c:', just edit MSDOS.SYS and change
>> BootGUI = 0 to BootGUI = 1
>>
>
> You're right, it's not that hard. But the MSDOS.SYS
> copied from the boot floppy doesn't have this stuff, or
> the line with the path to the Windows folder. So you have
> to go looking for an MSDOS.BAK file or something that can
> be edited and pressed into service (or copy one from
> another Windows computer)
>
> Here's looking forward to the day we can forget this
> stuff :-)
>
> PM
Following my screw-up I didn't have to do even that - it
just booted into Windows without editting anything.
Presumably he can mount his win partition in linux? So if
this were the case I would just copy it to the floppy in
linux... :)
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