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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

> For some reason on this computer, booting BL2 from DOS (after floppy boot to 
> DOS) or with grub4dos, I get a screen without the login prompt and with some 
> odd looking messages possibly related to memory, but I can switch Alt-F3 to a 
> screen which lets me log in.  First and second terminals are not usable after 
> I log in but third and fourth are.

rc.d was the problem.  It was installing mdacon which is not correct with
a vesafb kernel but lets you change text framebuffer modes with rivafb.

To boot to DOS:

title DOS (hda2)  [sic]
root (hd0,1)
chainloader /io.sys

Probably root /dev/hda2
would also work.

I can also select to boot to 'Windows' which boots to DOS (from Win98).

This computer came with Win2k in hda1 where I left it.  I shrank it and 
made a small hda2 with DOS (which is physically the first partition -- 
???) but grub4dos installed to hda1 which is a pain since I have to boot 
to win2k to edit it.  Make sure to install grub4dos to a non-ntfs 
partition.

To boot Win2K I need to choose Advanced Menu.
XP in similar setups boots as Windows.  Odd.

Sindi