Installing boot loader in Master Boot Record on a Running System

[David White]

Fred Grant wrote:

> David White wrote:
>
>> James Wilkinson wrote:
>>
>>> David White wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I couldn't... find any combo of commands that would boot to MsDos
>>>> ...can't determine a method to make 1st primary partition active.
>>>> But it dual boots to FC2 & WinDoze 2000
>>>>
>>>>
>> Rodrigo, Scott, & James,
>>
>> A big "Tip of the Hat" for all your input on finalizing my grub.conf
>>
>> Grub.conf now works for pure MsDos.
>>
>> I have one hard drive & dos is in the first primary partition. (I use 
>> it to restore drive_image backups etc.)
>>
>> AFAIK there is no pure way to boot directly to dos when win 2000 is 
>> also installed. (2nd primary hard drive)
>>
>> FWIW here is what I did.
>>
>> Downloaded a dos program bootpart v2.5 and made a copy of the dos 
>> boot sector (512 bytes)
>> ...named the file dosboot.bin
>> Copied dosboot.bin to C:\ on the 1st primary partition.
>> Booted to a dos floppy & reloaded the system files - A:\sys C:
>> Rebooted to GRUB
>>
>> I can now boot to FC2, Win2000, & MsDos
>>
>> grub.conf (dos portion)
>>
>> # Loading MsDos
>>
>> title MsDos v6.22
>> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>> chainloader /dosboot.bin
>>
> GRUB provides "hide" and "unhide" commands to enable booting msdos or 
> windows when both are installed on a system. Google should provide 
> numerous examples. I think this would provide a simpler solution.
>
>
I could not find any examples dealing with pure msdos.  I did try the 
hide and unhide commands but with not luck.
I would prefer a simpler solution.

Good Luck,
Dave