I got the CD made properly, and did the partition, formatted to fat32.
Rebooted, typed "gag"
Message, "could not find kernel image: gag"
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Paul.
ve3zt
At 12:21 PM 2/9/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Paul:
>
>I don't think any of that is the problem. If the machine
>will boot Windows98, it will boot DOS. :-)
>
>I have this work laptop dual booting XP and Windows, and I've
>probably done this at least 15 times. It works but it is
>tricky! :-)
>
>Good luck. I'll provide whatever assistance I can, but
>with GPARTED and GAG (the boot loader), it's been a lot
>easier than the other approaches I've seen.
>
>73,
>
>Mark
>
>paul@paul-hicks.ca wrote:
>>Hi Mark,
>>You're right. That's what I saw on the cd. At the time when I read
>>that part, I missed its meaning.
>>Am starting from scratch (again). It there's no joy this time
>>around, I'm going to format the hd, and install Windows 98 and be
>>done with it. I would rather have DOS coexist with XP because of
>>the other stuff that's on the drive. I used to be proficient in DOS
>>back in the early '80s when I had an original IBM PC (the one with
>>the little green screen).
>>The box I'm trying to get DOS running on has an AMD 1600 mHz
>>processor, a gb of memory, and a quick Seagate Barracuda drive.
>>Hopefully, none of this stuff is part of the problem.
>>73, Paul.
>>ve3zt
>>
>>
>>At 01:26 AM 2/9/2009, you wrote:
>>>Hi Paul:
>>>
>>>When you look at the CD in Windows, do you see a file
>>>called "systemrescuecd-x86-1.5.iso"? If so, you
>>>didn't burn the CD correctly...
>>>
>>>Let me know.
>>>
>>>73,
>>>
>>>Mark, KD4D
>>>
>>>paul@paul-hicks.ca wrote:
>>>>Box has XP installed.
>>>>Created CD boot disk with systemrescuecd-x86-1.5.iso
>>>>Computer won't recognize.
>>>>The cd drive is okay and in the boot lineup, even tried disabling
>>>>HD in bios, kept asking for system disk.
>>>>Burned a 2nd disk and tried without success.
>>>>Would one of the earlier versions (i.e., 1.1.3) be worth a try?
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>Regards, Paul.
>>>>ve3zt
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