Partition Schizophrenia Booting DOS with GRUB

[Leon A. Goldstein]

(I posted this enquiry on the Caldera mail list but got no response.  My
apologies if any list member has seen this already.)

I want to slave a DOS/Win3.1 HD to one of my Linux boxes.
I can boot the DOS HD using GRUB:
(menu.lst)
Title    DR-DOS
map (hd1)(hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot

This works, although the recipe is not exactly as prescribed by the GRUB
documentaion I read.  I'm supposed to have a second map entry: (map
(hd0)(hd1)) but that simply does not work.  The above menu.lst works
with WS.3.1 and Libranet 2.7.

With DOS so booted, the problem is that my partitions are skewed.  I
have a 1.6 GB HD partitioned with one primary and three logical
partitions.
When I run PCTools (remember that great utility?) the partitions are
listed as C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J
Examination reveals that C is duplicated in D, the real D is E and
duplicated in H, and so on.
I can run all apps in the C partition, but Windows is knocked out
because it is in another partition and the mapping screws up the paths.

Any suggestions?  If I can solve this, I want to donate my original DOS
box (with a new HD) to a local no-kill animal shelter.


--
Leon A. Goldstein

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