paulm{at}waitrose.com wrote:
 
> In article , Felix Miata
 wrote:
 
> > I'm pretty sure the problem is actually the first line. It isn't
> > followed by a line with an equivalent to /boot/os2_d.b used by Lilo to
> > boot an OS/2 logical. I'm pretty sure Grub isn't smart enough to load
> > OS/2 from a logical without this help, which ordinarily is provided by
> > IBM BM.
 
> Yeah, that might well be it. I did find a similar construction in the
> Grub docs, but no mention of where the file came from. I don't have one
> with the versiion of Grub I'm using, and I haven't seen one with any
> recent version of Lilo either.
 
> > Correct, but only on a primary AFAIK.
 
> That sounds probable. Pity the docs don't mention any problem of that
> sort...

This is probably due to the obscurity of OS/2 in a world of *nix &
WinDOS. WinDOS must always bootstrap from a primary, so it has no issue
of need to boot from a logical. OTOH, *nix, other than the limited space
for table entries in the MBR (4), makes no distinction among logicals
and primaries. OS2/eCS is the very odd man out.
-- 
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eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, being
understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse."
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