Date:	Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:21:14 -0600 (CST)
From:	David Lloyd <dmlloyd AT atari-central DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: How to find another partitions (was: Re: )
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On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Pavel V. Ozerski wrote:

> I use NT boot manager which does not change MBR. But only C: was visible and another logical drives become hidden
> BEFORE installing NT, just after I made DR-DOS SYS C: command and replaced scrap of Win'95 given by seller to
> DR-DOS 7.03.
> 
> Norton utilities 8.0 DiskEdit reported about my partition table:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |      |    | Starting Location  |  Ending Location   | Relative |Number of |
> |System|Boot|Side Cylinder Sector|Side Cylinder Sector| Sectors  | Sectors  |
> |BIGDOS| Yes|  1       0      1  | 254    260     63  |        63|   4192902|
> |?     | No |  0     261      1  | 254   1022     63  |   4192965|  22346415|
> |unused| No |  0       0      0  |  0       0      0  |         0|         0|
> |unused| No |  0       0      0  |  0       0      0  |         0|         0|
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I believe that the problem is you clobbered your EZBIOS when you installed
NT.  You should start over, following these steps:

1. Reinstall EZBIOS.

2. Install DOS, *MAKING SURE* that you don't *EVER* boot off of a floppy
disk without letting EZBIOS load first.  When EZBIOS loads, press 'shift'
or whatever the key is to get you into the menu, then hit the key to boot
from a floppy disk.

3. Install NT, using the same method... boot into EZBIOS first, then use
the keyboard command to boot from a floppy.

I think the problem is that you may have forgotten to do this, and booted
directly from a floppy.

The main indication is your odd partition table.  This is the actual
'physical' partition table.  When you boot into EZBIOS, this 'real'
partition table disappears, and instead a 'virtual' partition table takes
its place.  This partition table is where you actually make your DOS and
NT partitions.  But if you don't boot into EZBIOS, only the odd 'real'
partition table that EZBIOS uses is visible.

--
Dave Lloyd

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