Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 15:56:58 +0100 From: Matthias Paul Subject: Re: Loader and Win95 To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Reply-to: Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de Message-id: <16727CD7348@reze-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen Precedence: bulk On Mon, 06 Apr 1998 Philip A Lettkeman wrote: > I am using OpenDOS 7.02 Beta. I recently installed Win95 OSR/2 on a > K6-233 mhz system. I then immediately turned around and ran Loader so I > could dual boot. This then made my Win95 system tell me there was a > virus in the MBR and I should run a virus checker. I've since > unloaded Loader and ran a virus checker and nothing's wrong. Some virus checkers tamper files (and boot sector and MBR) by placing a signature and checksum somewhere inside (or at their end) of the file. If they don't find this signature any more, they assume a virus has contaminated the file. If you are sure, you don't actually have a virus, you should not unload LOADER, but let the virus checker refresh the signature. This should enable peaceful coexistance of Windows 95 with any OS of the DR DOS family. > The > problem is that now my hard drive controller is running in MS-DOS compatibility mode (The > message says because of the virus) still and I don't get my CD-ROM in > Win95. What happened? Does anyone know how to get the compatibility > mode off of there? Hm, I don't know - it's a Windows problem. Since then have there been any changes in your configuration files CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT? However, after checking that you don't have a virus by using several 3rd party products, deinstall your virus checker and see what happens. Also try MS-FDISK /MBR or DR-DOS FDISK (Rewrite Master Boot Record). Matthias -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthias Paul, Ubierstrasse 28, D-50321 Bruehl, GERMANY eMail: Web : http://www.rhrz.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/mpdokeng.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caldera Digital Research Systems/OpenLinux: http://www.caldera.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------