Re: Grub can't boot hda1 (vfat/diagnostics), need to do something from DOS? - SOLVED
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:56:10AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2009-01-01 09:46 +0100, Joel Roth wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:25:55AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> >> You must install the DOS bootloader with the "sys" command.
> >
> > I believe the DOS bootloader will simply overwrite GRUB,
> > which resides in the boot sector of the disk, having
> > no effect on the properties of the first partition.
>
> No, it won't. The sys command only changes the bootsector of the
> partition, it does not change the MBR.
>
> Sven
Thank you. That was the missing step. I copied sys.com (which
wasn't in the diagnostics partition) from my dosemu/freedos directory
to an old DOS floppy, which also didn't have it. I then booted the
machine from the DOS floppy, and did this:
>copy sys.com c:
>c:
>sys c:
After a lot of verbosity about not copying kernel.sys and command.com,
which were already there, and a lot or trepidation fearing that the new
disk was now unbootable, I did the CTL-ALT-DEL thing and the grub screen
came up. Selecting the Dell Diagnostics entry brought up the
diagnostics main screen. Problem solved. Thanks again and happy new
year.
A.
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