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Re: MSDOS fdisk (slightly off topic)



On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Shlomo Solomon wrote:

> I have an old 386 that my kids use. Since it used to have LINUX on
> it, it still boots with LILO. After installing a new Windoze scanner
> driver(TWAIN), the LILO screen changed to LIL- and a locked up
> computer. I don't know how or why this happened, but after wasting a
> couple of hours backing up, virus checking, formatting, and even
> re-partitioning, I remembered that the MSDOS fdisk has an
> (undocumented?) option /mbr which supposedly fixes the master boot
> record. I tried it, and it works. Of course it knows nothing about
> LILO and wiped that out, but the 386 now boots again and my kids have
> their computer back.

Hi Shlomo,

  This is a very OLD trick, and it works even with the fdisk of
Winblowz95. Aparently, M$ from time to time, does something good :)

Best regards,
  Nir Simionovich

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