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From: "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 07:21:42PM +0200, Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder'=
 Serbinenko wrote:
> On 28.08.2013 11:04, Beeblebrox wrote:
> >    chainloader --ebx=3D0x0180 (hd0,1)/boot/freedos/kernel.sys
> The command to load freedos kernel is "freedos". It can load kernel fro=
m
> any place accessible by GRUB. As to what FreeDOS kernel expects in orde=
r
> to load the rest you have to consult FreeDOS documenttion or contact
> their devs.
> FreeDOS requirement may or may not be different from IBM-/MS-DOS
> requirements as described by Lennart. You can always modify FreeDOS to
> suit your needs: you have full source.

That is a good point. :)

--=20
Len Sorensen