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Title: dosemu and the NT bootsector

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dosemu and the NT bootsector

Symptom:

Message :

Boot: Couldnīt find NTLDR
Please insert another disk

Cause:

Apparently by mistake a NT bootsector was included into hdimage.

Solution:

Create hdimage with the help of a partition, that contains the MS-DOS system files as well as the MS-DOS boot sector.

Remark :

When being asked during the execution of setup-hdimage, which bootable DOS partition should be used, it is also possible to answer with a partition, that setup-hdimage has not listed as bootable by itself. Of course : ** Do this at your own risk **.

It is even possible to specify a floppy drive (/dev/fd0), however you must enter a bootable DOS discette before, since there will be no delay after you've answered the question. The device will be accessed immediately.

Only the loading instructions from the boot sector and the MS-DOS system files IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, COMMAND.COM of the corresponding partition will be used.

See the shell scripts

/var/lib/dosemu/setup-hdimage.rea
/var/lib/dosemu/dexe/mkdexe
for further information. These scripts do the real work.

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Keywords: DOSEMU, NTLDR

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SDB-dosemu-ntldr, Copyright SuSE GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany - Version: 01. Jul 1998
SuSE GmbH - Last generated: 07. Oct 1999 16:38:29 by maddin with sdb_gen 1.00.0