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From: "Matthias Paul" <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Fdisk and MBR - a question
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 05:24:10 +0100
Organization: University of Technology, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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On 2001-11-30, Thomas A Webb wrote:

> When I attempt to replace the MBR using fdisk, I get an error to the
> effect that it can't save the old boot record, and the operation fails.

Whatīs the error message exactly? I am assuming you use DR-DOS 7.03 FDISK,
is this correct?

> Is there an unpublished feature, or do I need to go through the ordeal
> of writing a program in C to do this? The reason I need this is that my
> users don't have MS-DOS disks laying around (most are windoze jockies)
> and I need to be able to get a simple boot record installed.

If the message is actually that it cannot write the backup file,
Iīd assume the partition is FAT32 or something else unrecognized
by the DR-DOS kernel. Can you access drive C: from the booted
DR-DOS?

If the error message is more, that it cannot write the new sector,
itīs probably an anti-virus protection which you must first disable
in the ROM-BIOS Setup.

Hope it helps,

 Matthias

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