P.S. for hard disk problem

Jerry Feldman, ZKO3-3/Y25, DTN:381-2970 gaf at zk3.dec.com
Thu Nov 30 14:06:09 EST 1995


> Hi,
> 
> This is a follow-up on the hard disk problem I discribed in my
> previous email message.  Under Linux, fdisk for the DOS partition
> shows a "DOS 12-bit FAT" instead of 16-bit.  Is this relevant to our
> problem (of not being able to read the partition table?).  Thanks
> again.
> 
> Sidney Li
> Polaroid Corp.
> lih at polaroid.com
I missed this one Sidney. Since Disk Manager is installed in the boot block, 
what the linux fdisk is seeing is incorrect. 
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