Re: Linux, FAT32 ...
>
> From:
> Dale Harrison <dth@cns.aust.com>
>
> Hmmm. Boot via Win95 rescue disk and fdisk /mbr. Reboot and LILO's STILL
> there. Tried this more times than I can recall.. LILO won't die. System
> Commander reported some wacky things about the MBR, saying things were
> pretty well screwed with it.
>
> The problem remains, I can't seem to overwrite the MBR, not with LILO, not
> with fdisk. I found out that the Windows partition was FAT32, but surely
Hello, Dale.
I had a similar problem configuring W95 to boot from a 'previous Dos
version'. It hangs and I thank that's time to use the Universal
Microsoft Repair Tool: be patient, put the Cdrom on place and reinstall
everything as many times as Windows get seriously broken...
But I booted from an old Dos 6.22 floppy boot disk and repair MBR with
Dos fdisk. Elsewhere in the net they say W95 fdisk OEM version (it seems
the case) has 'some minor flaws' as Mr. Gates would say or more exactly
does not work properly at all when we need it.
Perhaps you can't boot W95 yet but you got a pretty good MBR and can
reinstall Windows and try to boot Linux from floppy: it's somewhat
annoying but as far as I know it does work.
Adalberto da Silva
Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico
Universidade de Sao Paulo - Brasil
adalbert@iag.usp.br
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