Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!sri-unix!rutgers!bellcore!faline!sabre!gamma!mibte!edsdrd!rel!bob 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 Lines: 18 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. -- Bob Leffler - Electronic Data Systems, GM Truck & Bus Account bob@rel.eds.com or {rutgers, cbosgd!edstb, philabs!fmsrl7}!rel!bob Opinions expressed may not be those of my employer.