-=> TOM WALKER wrote to MARTIN ATKINS <=-


MA>Maybe there is a DOS/WIN utility that will solve Waynes problem but
MA>since the disk can't be seen by DOS it may not be fixable. The problem
MA>i'm having is Wayne has it as G:\ and that is no good when things go
MA>pear shaped. Perhaps if he moves it to C:\ DOS/WIN may be able to fix
MA>it but so will Linux.

TW> NO Hard Disk can be seen by DOS if the MBR is messed up. 

That's right and the BIOS reads the MBR. If the disk MBR can't read
the partitions tables then nor can the BIOS.

TW> BUT the Western Digital Diagnostic program, and others designed for a
TW> similar
TW> purpose, that RUNS under DOS can see it unless the Electronics are
TW> damaged. And that is HARDLY the case here since the problen was created
TW> by a FDISK glitch.

But Wayne installed an OEM or a rescue disk of dubious quality over the 
top of Linux. And what's more he won't put the thing as master IDE 0.

When things go wrong i find it useful to pedal backwards at a rapid 
rate. Wayne won't put that disk C:\ and so i presume the problem is 
between the chair and the keyboard.

L8r. ;)

 
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