From: Hans Wienen <WienenH AT logica DOT com>
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Subject: Re: low-level format of msdos partition needed?
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 1997 12:46:06 -0700
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Sorry, wrong newsgroup, appologies etc, but yet:
Problem solved.

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...