Hi!
10-Авг-2004 16:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd Blaauw) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
BB> I remember instances with the PowerQuest BootMagic program (a bootloader)
BB> where problems occurred. You could set multiple primary partitions active.
BB> Disk1, multiple primary partitions, FAT filesystem.
-----------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Note: some disk managers place records in the partition table in
reverse order, so result of drive letter assignment is unpredictable.
BB> Say primary partition 2 contains MSDOS..but..you also make primary
BB> partition 1 visible.
BB> In that case, you boot from primary partition #2 (active), but primary
BB> partition #1 is actually C (#2 will be D:).
Hm. Which version of MS-DOS you mean? Unfortunately, nowhere clearly
documented, which partition will be C: under MS-DOS - first primary
partition or first _active_ primary partition.
BB> Thus, MSDOS failed to find COMMAND.COM
Does it present on C:?
BB> Does FreeDOS kernel handle this situation?
No special handling, just place command.com into C:.
-------------------------------------------------------
SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media
100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33
Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift.
http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285
_______________________________________________
Freedos-user mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
