Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/07/11/01:52:50
On Fri, 04 Jul 1997 12:46:06 -0700, Hans Wienen <WienenH AT logica DOT com>
wrote:
>My second dos partition was Primary as well, no wonder it didn't format
>(silly me (and silly msdos, of course)). Yet, it strikes me as odd that
>dos _could_ format the first 90 sectors of the disk. It shouldn't be able
>to read them at all. And the other way around, when I booted with the 2nd
>partition as the active partition, I was able to reach the first
>partition, but couldn't read a byte of it. Strange thing: reachable 2nd
>primary partition, I'd say...
Did you use the msdos format program to do the format, or another
program?
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