At 03:55 21-8-01 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 02:59:32 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
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>>> Finally, there is a BIG problem with FAT32 drives. If your supplied OS
doesn't
>>> recognize FAT32, you may get the RD created as C: Goodbye Windows !!
>>> So, before transferring anything to the RD, check to make sure it is
empty.:(
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>>> - Clarence Verge
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>> I don't think you can overwrite the Windows FAT32 drive that way. If
the RD is
>> created as C:, any reads or writes on C: will be from or to the RD, and
won't
>> touch the Windows partition.
>
>I wish it were guaranteed, but unfortunately I did exactly that a year or
>so ago when I tested my first Arachne boot disk on a friend's W95box.
>I think I used PCDOS 3.3 on that one. :(
>Using DOS 5.0 now, so not sure. Will try it as soon as I can find a junk
>W9x box.;-) I'm also afraid to try it on my main box which has a big
>non-DOS partition.
If you mail me a diskette image, I've got a pc to test on: a "genuine p75"
with a win98 and a efs2 partition (And of course this one here, to report
the results from...) Do you know if Caldera still has those webspider
diskette images?
Bart Buitinga
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>- Clarence Verge
>- Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....
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