Franklin wrote:

>--- Mike O'Connor  wrote:
>
>>Franklin wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>>>primary volume as FAT16!   
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>ANY *unformatted* primary or logical is seen as that - which is why
>>if you access that volume's properties notebook and look under
"details" - you'll see the same sort of numbers as are on one of
the PIX I just posted.  Max 64K allocation units {at} 512 bytes apiece only -
hence the 32MB drive capacity shown. The used space/free space numbers are
screwed up by the 0xF6 values plastered through it at the beginning in the
"FAT".
>>    
>>
>I'm not seeing any pics on your uploaded file, only a text directory.
>  
>
there were two files, a GIF index to the ZIP, and the actual ZIP:

 "Download the *zipfile* I just uploaded to this group's files-area"

>>>>Boot from the eCS CD as above - remove the IBM BM using LVM.EXE -
>>>>reboot - reinstall IBM BM, add the bootable volumes back onto its
>>>>menu, should fix it.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>I did this and it still would not work. I have a feeling there's a
>>>problem with the size of it.
>>>
>>What size does MINILVM/LVM/LVMGUI show it as?
>>    
>>
>
>LVM, LVMGUI reports the drive size as 78___ meg, win98SE reports it as
>8025_ meg, The partition size is the same in all at 39139 meg.
>  
>
>>Hi Franklin,
>>
>>You're obviously either doing something terribly wrong with 
>>LVMGUI/MINILVM.EXE or LVM.EXE or you have *some* weird HDD there!
>>    
>>
>
>Well, it IS a Maxtor.:-) I don't see many other choices in
>LVMGUI,LVM.EXE.
>  
>
>>Download the zipfile I just uploaded to this group's files-area, and 
>>have a good look at what actually happens in the MBR/EPBR areas, and
>>in the DBR area of a partition/voume. You will note that LVM again
fills the relevant bits of an unformatted partition with 0xF6, the old DOS
unformatted filler, on a 6GB primary partition previously formatted
>>as HPFS, but empty, which was DELETED, then recreated, allocated a C: 
>>volume to it and on which I then deliberately attempted to format as 
>>FAT16 under eCS [1.x]. Naturally it failed.
>>    
>>
>Here's the test. On the 80 gig Seagate drive using LVM, remove C: and
>G: and everything between. Create one primary compatable, bootable
>Volume in that space. Now find a win98 boot disk with fdisk and format
>on it. Boot from the windy disk, set that partition active if you could
>not set it as startable in LVM. Reboot win98 and format that partition.
>Now try scandisk on it.
>  
>
>>Note that EVERY *partition* that is created under LVM [all flavours I
>>guess, but usually I use LVM.EXE] until formatted with a filesystem
>>is always given a FS-type of 0x06 - even those intended by you for LVM
>>volumes.
>>    
>>
>Is this a bug?
>  
>
No comes about from what you'll see in the pix!

>>Which of the three LVM-utilities did you actually use?
>>    
>>
>Command line LVM.EXE and LVMGUI. Is minilvm the one that ECS install
>uses? 
>
yes.

>That is the one I first used to make all the volumes from the
>clean HD.
>  
>
I always use LVM.EXE  and only create partitions initially, except for 
the installable one, which I "volumize"


Hi Franklin,

The lightweight graphic was an index to this file immediately preceding 
it in the files-list [same date]
:
DISK-pix-sequence.Zip 
http://f2.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/YJnTQaAdk2JoGG_55Ihjvw3VMz1I9SjA7GctqAnfxphpPJH16Wr26c2s5QVuUA-wvZsLS1J8kjArDxt4x1FDLHz0pgwQJ62CB5U/DISK-pix-sequence.Zip>


A series of GIFS illustrating what actually is on your HDD before and 
after formatting volumes

http://f2.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/YJnTQaAdk2JoGG_55Ihjvw3VMz1I9SjA7GctqAnfxphpPJH16Wr26c2s5QVuUA-wvZsLS1J8kjArDxt4x1FDLHz0pgwQJ62CB5U/DISK-pix-sequence.Zip

Sorry for the brief response, but I have to go out unexpectedly, so will 
get back to you later!

-- 
Regards,
Mike

Failed the exam for
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