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- From: sasdxk@skyhawk.unx.sas.com (Dave Kolb)
- Subject: Re: ********
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:06:01 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.074336.4637@news.jit.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov16.074336.4637@news.jit.dec.com>, tima_kim@hgova.enet.dec.com writes:
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- |> Hello,
- |>
- |> I just install NT October release with no problem. But when I want to boot
- |> DOS, it just hang.
- |>
- |> My situation is that I only create a very small partition for DOS. When
- |> installing BT, NT said that it cannot recognise the C: drive and format my C:.
- |> I choose FAT and proceed.
- |>
- |> Is it truth that I must have a C: > a certain size ?
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- |> Moreover, how can I repair the DOS partition without totally reinstall again ?
- |>
- |> Here is how I partition the hard disks:
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- |> FIRST HARD DISK
- |> ===============
- |>
- |> DOS (C: 1 MB) - Primary DOS partition
- |> OS/2 2.0 Boot Manager (1 MB)
- |> Unused (30 MB)
- |> SCO UNIX (370 MB)
- |>
- |> SECOND HARD DISK
- |> ================
- |> DOS (D: 100 MB) - Primary DOS partition
- |> OS/2 2.0 (E: 50 MB, HPFS) --+- Extended DOS partition
- |> NT (F: 150MB, NTFS) -/
- |> Unused (100 MB)
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- October NT is incompatible with OS/2 Boot Manager for one thing.
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- If you reformatted C: their isn't much "repairing" that can be done.
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