Re: NO error in fdisk :D

[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@metrolink.net>]

Helmut Leinfellner writes:
> >     Did you create the DOS partitions in Linux or in DOS?  If you did
> >it from Linux, you should delete the partition and recreate it using
> >DOS's fdisk.  In general, partitions should be created using tools
> >from the OS that will use them.
> 
> I tried, but DOS fdisk doesn't recognize the size of the hard drive correctly.
> It says 283 MB when actually it is 4.3 GB !

     I'm sorry, I don't believe you will be able to run DOS from a
partition that DOS can't see.  I believe you mentioned earlier that
you had several bios modes available. If one of these is LBA mode, DOS
may be able to see the whole drive.  In that case, I think you would
have to delete and re-create the DOS partitions with LBA enabled.
Most new large capacity drives come with a program that permits DOS to
access them with an older bios, but I have never used one.  I don't
know if these programs modify the stored disk geometry or if they
interact with the bios.  I have always been afraid (without any real
reason) they would make the disk unusable under Linux.

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