Martin Herbert Dietze wrote:

> I run an OS/2 installation on the first partition (primary)
> of my second hard disk. After OS/2 installation I had removed
> the OS/2 boot manager since I had installed it only for being
> able to install OS/2 :-/

> Currently I boot OS/2 using LILO (Linux is my primary OS)
> which is fine. However since GRUB provides some things I would
> like to have, I gave it a try.

> My OS/2 section in `/boot/grub/menu.lst' looks like this:

> | title OS/2 Warp 4.0
> | rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> | savedefault
> | makeactive
> | chainloader +1

> This does not work. Neither did anything else I tried (I even
> installed LILO with only the OS/2 entry into some partition's
> boot record). In the above constellation, GRUB just shows me
> the settings and then nothing happens.

> The infamous `/boot/chain.os2' does not seem to exist nor is
> there any hint how to get it, and the GRUB sources only hint
> that booting OS/2 *should* work.

I think someone who understands the low level workings of boot sectors
and loaders needs to create one and submit it to the Grub developers. I
don't think anyone ever did. I couldn't find one anywhere.

> Is there any chance I get this working?

I tried a long time ago and gave up. ISTR getting a an OS/2 boot from a
primary partition, but not a logical. I load the grub partition with BM.
Works fine.
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