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. -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USA PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .