From: "..." <yesss AT escape DOT com>
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Subject: Re: dr dos fdisk and ms dos
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:43:13 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.16.19990309201329.30270018@highfiber.com> from "Charles Dye" at Mar 9, 99 08:13:29 pm
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<< To be fair, I think the problem you're having isn't 
really with DR DOS per se (the DR DOS kernel,) but with 
DRI's FDISK (an associated utility program.) >> --raster AT highfiber DOT com
 
Hi, Charles. I agree (100%) that dr-dos 7.02 beta FDISK, 
not the kernel, is the prob--alas [a trashed C: after 
booting with MS DOS and making calls to C:].
 
<< If I find some free time this week, I'll try to recreate 
the problem, using the DR DOS FDISK program on both DR DOS 
7.02 and MS-DOS 6.22. >>
 
I'd *love* to know if the prob is local. If your hdd is 
dr-dos beta 7.02 FDISK'd, all you really need do is boot with 
an MS DOS floppy and get a dir of C:. If my experience is 
any guide, if the dir is scrambled and you make no other 
calls to C:, when you reboot with dr-dos the partition 
will be OK. But even a set command that involves C: will 
leave the partition wrecked. A dir of E:, where my win95 
cab files are, was *not* scrambled by an MS DOS dir command 
(go figure).
 
I haven't tried FDISK'ing a C:\OLDMBR.BIN for restoration 
purposes. If everything else in C: is trashed, why wouldn't 
that file be too? All I keep on C: are necessary system 
files--not even COMMAND.COM--and a swap subdir, so 
rebuilding C: is a yawn (reformat with a rescue-floppy 
six-line .bat).
 
The MS DOS releases at issue in my case are problematic. My 
last MS DOS was v3. The ones that have caused the problem 
are the undifferentiated MS DOS 6 that powers the Compaq 
setup/diags firmware and the win95 install boot floppy 
MS DOS that VER's as "Windows 95 [version 4.00.950]."
 
<< If I can duplicate it, I'll write out a nice detailed bug 
report for Caldera. Kinda hate to do that, because I still 
haven't *paid* for Caldera's release of DR DOS, but it's a 
fairly serious problem. >>
 
Well, the prob is serious to *me*, and I'll be delighted if 
you find time to determine whether it is mine alone. Caldera 
seems to invite beta reports without regard to purchase. ... 
Ciao. 					--Fisher
 
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