On Jul 24 07:52, 1997, Gordon Frey of 1:105/84.2 wrote:
GF> All the switch does is to have fdisk rewrite the master boot 
GF> record.  It will not cause any problems with a CLEAN system but 
GF> can cause problems with some virus like the one-half virus which 
GF> encryptes the hard drive.
It will cause all sorts of problems on systems that have, for whatever 
reason, special boot records to handle unique situations.  It should never be 
used blindly - one of the reasons it's undocumented.
Rick
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