card@masi.ibp.fr (Remy CARD) (03/04/91)
Mike Zanker <A.M.Zanker%NEWCASTLE.AC.UK@VM1.NoDak.EDU> says : > Just a few days back someone reported that DRDOS 5.0 could access > his minix partition, even though it was specifically marked as a > minix partition. I'm having the same problem as follows: > > /dev/hd1 - DRDOS 5.0 partition > /dev/hd2 - MINIX partition > > (I only have the one 20MB fixed disc.) > These are the only two partitions I have on my hard disc. Under DRDOS, > the minix partition shows up as drive D:, although, naturally, it cannot > make sense of any data. Using MSDOS 3.3, the minix partition is completely > invisible. This is slightly worrying because I may inadvertently write to > drive D: and corrupt my complete Minix system! > > I'm afraid I cannot recall the solution to this problem - perhaps someone > with similar problems will advise me what to do. > > Mike Zanker > ----------- I think DR Dos is getting confused with Minix partition code (80h). DR Dos thinks the Minix partitions have the type 0 which is the code of a primary Dos partition. You can hide Minix partitions to DR Dos by marking them as non Minix partitions and choosing the OLD-MNX code. +-----------------------------------o--------------------------------------+ | Remy CARD | E-mail : card@masi.ibp.fr | | Universite Pierre et Marie Curie | | | Laboratoire MASI, CNRS UA 818 | | | 4 Place Jussieu | Tel : +33 (1) 44.27.34.23 | | F-75252 PARIS CEDEX 05 | Fax : +33 (1) 44.27.62.86 | | FRANCE | Telex : UPMCSIX 200-145 F | +-----------------------------------o--------------------------------------+