From: klode@syslab.csd.uwo.ca (Claude Morin) Subject: Re: HELP, Cannot boot DOS on hard disk after LINUX installation Date: 6 Oct 1992 19:37:17 GMT
In article <BvK257.IJr@world.std.com> jgifford@world.std.com (Why Linux? Why Not?) writes:
>Have you tried dos 5.0's fdisk /mbr? That is what I ended up doing. ;)
>It seems that DOS 5.0 likes to be the ONLY OS to edit the partition table.
>Chalk it up to 'Yet Another Microsoft Thing' ;)
Using 'fdisk /mbr' rewrites the DOS (M)aster (B)oot (R)ecord, but does not touch
the partition table. It's useful for such things as removing shoelace from
your hard disk. If using it (fdisk /mbr) worked for you, the problem lay in
your MBR, not your partition table.
I'm running DOS 5.0 on a disk partitioned entirely with linux's fdisk. Here's
my partition table:
slot 1: DOS 40 MB *marked active*
slot 2: linux ext fs 6 MB /
slot 3: linux swap 8 MB
slot 4: linux ext fs 26 MB /usr
I seem to recall rumblings about DOS 5.0 insisting that the DOS partition be
in partition table slot 1. I haven't verified this, since I happened to set
it up this way the first time I did it.