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Subject: Re: bios vs ps HD drivers
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Will Rose (cwr@crash.cts.com) wrote:

: I'd be inclined to forget subpartitions for now - I don't think
: there's anything else on the disk to take up a partition, is there?

: Just make a 1 or 2 MB hd1 to boot from, and use the rest for hd2.
: Then use dd to dump the image of the boot floppy you are using to
: hd1.

so, set up a partition for /dev/hd1,  with part;
use 'dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/dev/hd1' or somethihing
(could you tell me what syntax would be apropriate? :)
*then* do installboot -m to fix the MBR, right?
(if i did a dd, i wouldnt need installboot -d, would i?)

: This doesn't sound like a boot problem, but a filesystem problem.

actually, this is welcome to hear ;)

: Will
: cwr@crash.cts.com


ANY rate, regarding the PS drivers....

running part on my *existing* fs, (having been previously created
under the BIOS driver) it shows a table that looks okay.
Meaning presumably, that its able to read the partition table 
alright.

Even if it cant figure out the filesystem....

Might there be a problem, with trying to mount a RO fs,
as RW, that would cause it not-to-recognise same?
