Tried that.   Fdisk says that it is active.   I only have one partition of
513MB on the HD.  The Linux I will add (Mu Linux) runs from Dos folder or
floppy.
Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Philp


>Ripcrd6 wrote:
>>
>> Anybody have an idea as to why the command: "fdisk /mbr" would not work?
>> This is a 500+MB Hard drive in a 486.   I reloaded windows to get the
>> network stuff loaded (had problems w/ the previous setup and have no CD
on
>> the PC) and the disk has not booted the PC since.   The HD is setup
>> correctly in BIOS and I have run fdisk /mbr a couple of times.   Once I
get
>> this straightened out I can load Linux and will use a boot disk to get
to
>> it.   I currently have to put in a Windows boot disk to get anywhere.
>>
>> Brian
>
>Might want to check the partitioning on that drive to ensure that the
>partition is marked active.
>
>--
>Steve Philp
>Network Administrator
>Advance Packaging Corporation
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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