Hi again,

Gilles, please forgive me, but I must ask a very stupid question. What do I need to put inn my boot.ini file inn order to get it to boot DOS? Do I need to make changes to the menu.lst in order to run GRUB.EXE? does menu.lst need to be on the E drive or the C drive.

here is my current boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
e:\grldr="Start Grub"
e:\bootgrub="Start Grub (old)"
c:\="DOS from c"
c:\command.com="DOS C Command.com"
e:\="DOS e"
e:\COMMAND.COM="dos e COMMANDCOM"

As you can see, I have attempted to boot dos in 4 different ways, but all of them report errors. The ones involving the C drive say there was a problem reading the device or somethinng along those lines. The two cases with the E drive say a windows dll file is nont found. I believe it is hal.dll. the only executable file that sys.com e: copied was command.com.

thanks again!
james