Date:	Mon, 02 Mar 1998 18:04:58 +0100
From:	Matthias Paul <PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject:	Re: DR-DOS 7.02 and win95
To:	opendos-support AT delorie DOT com
Reply-to:	Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Message-id:	<69CCBF75B4@reze-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de>
Organization:	Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen

On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 Bartosz Lukasz Radko wrote:

> I've just downloaded DRDOS and I've tried to install it on my PC. There 
> is Windows95 PL OSR2 (Polish version) on my hard disk. I don't use FAT32.
Please double-double check you are not using FAT32! ;-) This is the 
most common reason why it does not work, and many people do not even 
know, they are using FAT32... (run FDISK 2.00+ to see the partition
type).

> I prepared 3 1.44M floppies with installation files. I booted my computer 
> from the first floppy and installed DRDOS. Then I rebooted.
> I hoped to see the LOADER asking me what system to use. 
Yes, this is what you should see.

> But it did not! I have no way to use Windows95.
What do you see exactly? I assume LOADER does not show up for some 
reason, and DR-DOS starts booting, alright? If this is the case, try:

 LOADER boot.lst 

from the DR-DOS prompt (You could do the same after re-installing 
Windows95 to re-enable to boot DR-DOS 7.02 using LOADER). Does it
say it was successful?

Possible reasons, why LOADER did not show up:
- Are you booting from a different drive than C: using a BIOS setup
  option or another boot loader?
- Do you have a BIOS based / hardware based virus checker enabled,
  which refuses to let SETUP/INSTALL/LOADER write to the MBR record
  on disk? If this is the case, you would need to disable this
  feature to install LOADER. Afterwards you can re-enable it again.
- Do you have non-FAT partitions on your drive(s), e.g. HPFS, NTFS, 
  ext2fs, or FAT32. Usually, everything should work fine, but it's
  worth trying to reassign the order of such partitions in the 
  partition table.
- Do you have special software installed in the MBR, like for 
  example a copy protection or encryption driver? These may 
  sometimes interfer with LOADER.
  
Please tell us, if one of these tips helps...

Matthias

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