Keep in mind that dos 6.22 is only a 16 bit system and linux is 32 bit so if a 32 bit system writes to the partition table a 16 bit system may not be able to access the boot secter. keep in mind that dos can only read 2 partitions from the primary and linux can read 4
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Massimiliano Ferrero wrote: > > I can't figure out that how I can see everything fine under Linux but not > > under DOS.....how do I get things working correctly?? Any ideas would be > > appreciated. > > Had a similar problem some times ago: after removing a boot loader > (system commander lite) I found my C: drive was not accessible anymore > from DOS or Windows. > > It was accessible using linux by booting from rescue disk or knoppix, > but it was not booting from HD, whichever boot loader I used (lilo, > grub, DOS, ...). > > After several hours I discovered that the boot sector of the inaccesible > partition was damaged: linux seems not to care about this, seems like he > just read the partition table before mounting the partition, but DOS or > Windows refused to mount it. > > I solved by copying everything on a second HD and then regenerating the > boot sector (FDISK /MBR). > > Maybe your problem is similar. > > Regards > Massimiliano > > > -- > > Massimiliano Ferrero > Midhgard s.r.l. > C/so Re Umberto 23 > 10128 - Torino > tel. +39-0112301400 - fax +39-0112301422 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > sito web: http://www.midhgard.it > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
