Hi, alas Flo did not explain WHICH problem HE has with the partition scheme, but Mark's is either of the following:
- FreeDOS gets confused by partition type "0xde" (GAG boot loader??) - FreeDOS gets confused by partition type "OS/2 boot menu hidden small FAT16" - FreeDOS crashes after showing a (tooooo long, contains a lot of redundant information) warning if it runs into a partition that is outside CHS-space (after the first 1024 cylinders) but of a CHS-specific partition type - FreeDOS crashes after showing ... a warning if it runs into an extended partition that is outside CHS-space but marked as CHS-specific type Windows XP just seems to act like "hey, the user will have MEANT to use a LBA-specific type" in the latter two cases and continues without any more problems than using Windows XP causes anyway ;-). By the way, why is this thread on freedos-user? Eric PS: The "either of the following" is based on the MBR samples from Mark ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
