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From: tas@minke.cc.utas.edu.au (Tasman Van Ommen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Access to DOS partition
Date: 11 Oct 1994 20:54:09 GMT
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
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Well I now have 386bsd running on my 486 machine and it looks good.
Trouble is, I cannot seem to get unix to see my dos partition.
I have tried using the relevant program (sorry I left my notes at home)
to edit in an appropriate partition but the program spat my changes
complaining that h was an invalid partition label?? I have compared
my partition information from the 386bsd fdisk information with that
on a friends box and the only difference is that his has something
like 24 bit FAT (or was it 12?) next to the DOS partition. NB:
fdisk does report the dos partition on my machine.
Some partitioning history as background:
1) Started with a virgin hard disk (deleted the DOS partition it came with).
2) Put up 386bsd, specifying a partition size somewhat less than the full disk.
3) Ran DOS fdisk (by booting from a floppy) and made the remainder of the
disk the primary dos partition.
The system will boot either DOS or 386bsd happily (I use a boot switcher).
Looking forward to some help here!
Tas
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Dr. Tas van Ommen
Glaciology Section
Australian Antarctic Division & Antarctic CRC
Antarctic CRC E-mail: tas.vanommen@antcrc.utas.edu.au
University of Tasmania Phone: (002) 20 2981
GPO Box 252C, Hobart Fax: (002) 20 2902
Tasmania 7001, AUSTRALIA International: (+61-02) 20 2981
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