chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck) (11/21/89)
Here's my problem: I have version 2.4 (System V/AT) installed on my AT,
which has a RLL disk. The active partition is System5 and DOS 3.3 (or 4.0)
is installed on another partition. When I boot I get the usual boot prompt:
boot: (/system5)
or something like that
if I enter dos the printer resets - the hard lite goes on and I hear the
heads move a little then nothing - it hangs. I've tried the divvy -u to
no avail. One other note, if I do a dosdir C: from unix I get: an error
which says: bad boot rec. signature
Can anyone help? - does this mean I cannot run DOS Merge also?
-thanks,
chris
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chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu Chris Peck
chris@bingvaxa.bitnet SUNY Binghamton, NY
--"Any opinions expressed above are mine, ALL MINE!"--ken@metaware.metaware.com (ken) (11/21/89)
In article <2663@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck) writes: >Here's my problem: I have version 2.4 (System V/AT) installed on my AT, >which has a RLL disk. The active partition is System5 and DOS 3.3 (or 4.0) >is installed on another partition. When I boot I get the usual boot prompt: >boot: (/system5) > or something like that >which says: bad boot rec. signature >Can anyone help? - does this mean I cannot run DOS Merge also? >-thanks, Dos 3.3 I believe has a slightly different master boot block from earlier DOS's to deal with extented partitions. UNIX 286 must share that boot block with DOS and so it has to know all about the boot block. V/AT's fdisk does not know about the *new* extended partion stuff and so won't work with DOS 3.3 or 4.0. The newest DOS you can use is 3.2.1. I'm really suprised that V/AT boots at all with DOS 3.3 installed. BTW, This problem has nothing to do with DOS Merge. --Ken > chris >-- >chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu Chris Peck >chris@bingvaxa.bitnet SUNY Binghamton, NY >--"Any opinions expressed above are mine, ALL MINE!"--