From: Dag H. Wanvik (Dag.H.Wanvik@kvatro.no)
Date: 04/14/93 

From: Dag.H.Wanvik@kvatro.no (Dag H. Wanvik)
Subject: FAQ? Booting MSDOS from partition 1 fails
Date: 14 Apr 1993 21:40:09 GMT

I'm sorry if this is a FAQ.

I have successfully partitioned my hard disk and installed Linux SLS 0.99p6

/dev/hda:

        C: 1 active MSDOS
           2 Linux ex2fs
           3 Linux ex2fs

I then reinstalled MSDOS on partition 1, which first made me reformat
partition 1 and then reinstalled, successfully, I was told by MSDOS
setup :-(. I can mount the MSDOS partition under Linux, but MSDOS
fails to boot from the harddisk. The MSDOS filesystem is OK, as I can
'dir' it when booting MSDOS from floppy.

Somebody said MSDOS is touchy and needs to be installed *before* any
Unix(Linux) on the other primary partitions.

Is is the MBR (master boot record) on the disk which is the problem?

When I try to boot, the BIOS tells me "missing operating system".

Thanks,

Dag