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- From: adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: How to "register" new hardware with OS/2?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.131302.22337@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 13:13:02 GMT
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- >It was created as an HPFS. The issue is not whether I can access it
- >from a DOS session (that is a trivial question). The issue is that when
- >I boot a DOS floppy and run FDISK, FDISK hangs for a long time and then
- >reports that it cannot access the disk. It then becomes impossible to
- >delete the OS/2 partitions and/or setup DOS partitions, since the disk
- >is utterly inaccesible to FDISK (although FDISK knows it is there).
- >When I ran the PD util EDPART, it reports a controller error on the disk.
- >
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- I have had some experience with HPFS partitions and DOS fdisk. To make a
- long story short, don't bother trying to use DOS fdisk with HPFS partitions.
- If you need to manipulate partitions with your OS/2 system, use the OS/2
- fdisk program, accessible by type FDISK at an OS/2 command prompt, or by
- booting from floppy (OS/2 install and then disk 1) and running the fdisk
- that is on disk 1. All your problems should disappear. Again, don't try
- to mess with your HPFS partitions using DOS fdisk, you're just going to
- end up pulling your hair out. So don't come crying to me when you are bald.
-