So what if grub can't & lilo can, grub CAN boot lilo...

[Joe(theWordy)Philbrook]

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It would appear that on Jun 1, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook did say to Phil Schaffner:

> this grub.conf entry
> 
> title DrDos
>         map (hd0) (hd1)
>         map (hd1) (hd0)
>         rootnoverify (hd1,0)
>         makeactive
>         chainloader +1
> 
> doesn't work... Yet this lilo.conf entry
> 
> other=/dev/hdc1
>         label="DrDos"
>         table=/dev/hdc
>         map-drive=0x80
>            to=0x81
>         map-drive=0x81
>            to=0x80
> 
> does work???
> 
> # this device map was generated by anaconda
> (fd0)     /dev/fd0
> (hd0)     /dev/hda
> (hd1)     /dev/hdc
> 
> To be fair, grub does try to boot DrDos... Which gets far enough to say
> it's starting before it locks up...
> 
> When I use the lilo boot, DrDos loads completely and runs under the
> belief that /dev/hdc1 is C:
> 
> Hmmnnn I wonder, since lilo CAN boot DrDos, I wonder if I installed a
> normally useless copy of lilo to hdc (lilo -b /dev/hdc) Would I be able
> to add that lilo to the menu of the grub setup in (hd0)???
> 
> If so, is there a good how-to you could point me at?
> 
 Never mind the how-to.... I decided to "wing it" and got lucky!

I figured that if the interactive grub command
setup (hd0) 
sets grub up to the mbr of (hd0) then pointing a chainloader at (hd1)
should start with the mbr of (hd1)... I was right!

"So what if grub can't & lilo can, grub CAN boot lilo..."

I set up a lilo.conf with the above DrDos entry, did a

lilo -b /dev/hdc

And stuck this

title to_DrDos_via_lilo
        rootnoverify (hd1)
        chainloader +1

in my grub.conf which allows grub to boot lilo which CAN load my DrDos.

Now I can have my cake (use grub) And eat it to (keep lilo)

Thanks for all the help to all the good people on this list who offered
clues and more.


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