jep@pcgbase.UUCP (John E Phillips) (06/10/91)
I have Xenix 2.3.3 and at the boot: prompt when I type "dos" to
got into my dos partition I get the message "bad magic number",
and my computer comes right back to the Xenix boot prompt. If I boot
from a floppy my dos partition seems fine. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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| attmail!pcgbase!jep EASYLINK 62852843slootman@dri.nl (Paul Slootman) (06/10/91)
In article <1411@pcgbase.UUCP> jep@pcgbase.UUCP (John E Phillips) writes: >I have Xenix 2.3.3 and at the boot: prompt when I type "dos" to >got into my dos partition I get the message "bad magic number", >and my computer comes right back to the Xenix boot prompt. If I boot >from a floppy my dos partition seems fine. Any suggestions? Your problem is not with your Dos partition. When the Xenix partition is booted (i.e. *before* Xenix itself is booted) the file /boot is executed. This prints the Xenix System V Boot : message, reads the /etc/default/boot file, and waits for input. Anything you type is checked against possible aliases in the /etc/default/boot file, after which the file selected is started. I.e. if you enter "/xenix" (with or without the slash), /xenix is run. If you enter "dos", then the file /dos is run. However, if running the file goes wrong for whatever reason, an error is printed and you are returned to the "Boot:" prompt. What the matter is in your case is that the file /dos is corrupted. If you boot xenix, try "file /dos". It should say "8086 separate standalone executable" or something like that. Try restoring /dos from the original floppies (volume N1 comes to mind...). -- ---------------- :slootman@dri.nl : When you get to the point where you think that nothing :+ 31 5496 88831 : is impossible, try pushing toothpaste back into a tube ----------------