Re: Please Complete the Docs

[Matthias Granberry]

I don't know exactly how to find the chain.os2, but I do know that the
only way that I have managed to boot OS/2 via the grub was to chainload
the OS/2 boot manager (or whatever it's called) from a separate
partition.  I imagine that there is a simpler way to go about it, but I
have yet to find it.

As I recall, a number of linux distros have a chain.os2.  I know that the
redhat machine that I am using right now in the comp lab has a
640-byte file called "os2_d.b" sitting in /boot.  I imagine this is the
same thing plus 128 bytes of metadata.

You might be able to install os/2 and copy the boot sector by typing dd
if=/dev/hda of=chain.os2 bs=512 count=1 after installing it.  If it
doesn't clobber the mbr, then dd if=/dev/hda(whatever partition it boots
from) of=... should probably work instead.

I hope this clears it up.  


On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Felix Miata wrote:

> All GRUB documentation makes reference to "/boot/chain.os2" without
> making any reference to how to get or create it. The docs make no
> suggestion about how to boot OS/2 from (hd0,5) or (hd1,9). Simple fails
> to boot OS/2 Warp 4.5 from anything other than (hd0,[1-4]). If this
> capability is incomplete, please so indicate in the docs and TODO list.
> If it is complete, please indicate how to implement in menu.lst and
> anything else that may be required.
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