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From: veit@du9ds3 (Holger Veit)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: HELP! I messed up my boot sector!
Date: 1 Dec 92 09:03:29 GMT
Organization: Uni-Duisburg FB9 Datenverarbeitung
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In <ByKFGK.AHw@acsu.buffalo.edu> ferrick@acsu.buffalo.edu (Patrick K. Ferrick) writes:
>While trying to get 386bsd and DOS to coexist peacefully on my 120Mb Rodime
>drive, I accidentally trashed some very important part of my boot sector.
>(As in "nothing besides the Norton Utilities can even SEE drive c: :-("
>If a) you are running both 386bsd and DOS,
> b) you have a copy of the Norton Utilities
>could you please assist me in filling in the right values in the following
>partition table? I will be eternally grateful!
>Here's what I need:
>===========================================================================
> Relative Absolute
>System Boot Starting Location Ending Location Sectors Sectors
> Side Cyl Sector Side Cyl Sector
>------- ----- ---- --- ------ ---- --- ------ -------- --------
>DOS-16 yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
>386bsd no ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
>===========================================================================
>Obviously, some numbers really need filling in! I'd like to use the first
>33Mb for DOS, and the rest for 386bsd, btw.
>Well, thanks very much in advance...
>pat
Perhaps, but I also need to know head/track/sectors that are USED by DOS,
i.e. the parameters from the BIOS disk entry.
Holger
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