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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