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From: bob@rel.eds.com (Bob Leffler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Help requested adding a second Hard Disk (sort of)
Message-ID: <487@rel.eds.com>
Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 21:57:27 EST
Article-I.D.: rel.487
Posted: Fri Dec  4 21:57:27 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 10:54:38 EST
References: <19013@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <472@rel.eds.com> <8015@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Organization: Electronic Data Systems, GM Truck & Bus Account
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Summary: dos & xenix

In article <8015@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>, davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP writes:
> I have had some minor problems getting DOS partitions recognized...
> under 2.1.3 if I make the DOS partition smaller than 20MB it will work
> with the doscp, etc, utils, but at 32 it won't. It will still boot by
> typing dos though. If I move the partition out of the first 32MB it
> won't even boot.


What version of DOS are you using?  I've seen some pretty strange things
in which some of the OEM versions of DOS handle the disks.  I wouldn't be
surprised if you DOS fdisk program is at fault.



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Bob Leffler - Electronic Data Systems, GM Truck & Bus Account
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