Even if we had DOS floppies, I'm not sure this solution would work without juggling the cable connections. Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I've heard that Microsoft's fdisk program makes the ASSUMPTION that the boot disk is hda0,0. In the situations that I keep coming across, this isn't the case.
RD Lawrence wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, but we don't have any DOS floppies. Is there a > way that this problem can be fixed *WITHOUT* purchasing an MSDOS 6.x license > from microsoft? > > Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer wrote: > > > Boot from a dos floppy and: > > fdisk /mbr > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RD Lawrence) writes: > > > > > > In briefly reviewing previous discussions on this list and on usenet, > > > I've come across the suggestion to use DOS fdisk /mbr. I'm not sure > > > that this would work in the aforementioned scenario, and in any case, it > > > seems a bit lame to fall back on DOS in order to remedy a flaw in linux > > > software. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bug-grub mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub > > > > > > > -- > > Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a > > proper judge of it. > > -- Oscar Wilde > -- Russell Lawrence WP Group You can reach me for the next four weeks by simply replying to the return address embedded in the header of this message. However, future correspondence should be addressed to my permanent mailbox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
