On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 01:16:08 +00, Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ wrote: > Hi, it seems I have to give some more details to solve this...
> With MBR-tool I can view and edit the Master Boot Record... but what > does the records mean? You can use a tool which shows these records , e.g., http://www.bttr-software.de/bootmgr/ (or one of the more sophisticated tools available on the Web, look for, e.g. Ranish). > ACT TYPE Start End LBA-start LBA-lenght > Entry 1: 80 01 01 00 06 0E A3 C1 23 00 00 00 B7 A7 05 00 > Entry 2: 00 00 81 C2 05 0E E3 A7 DA A7 05 00 AE D7 01 00 > Entry 3: 00 00 all zero > Entry 4: all zero > IIAC the first hex byte 80 or 00 means active or inactive partition Right. > fifth hex byte 06 = primary FAT16 > 05 = extended (FAT16??) Not FAT16! Extended partition is a 'container' that keeps logical partitions (also known as logical drives) INSIDE. > As I wanted to change the extended into a primary 05 was replaced by 06 > but that does not function... so there must be some more to that. C D -óq This cannot work (see above). If you want to make a second primary DOS partition with DOS FDISK and some hex editor only, you first have to hide your current primary partition (by, e.g., changing it's identifier from 06 hex to 16 hex). Then you can add another primary partition with FDISK (it won't recognize type 16 hex as a DOS primary partition, and won't complain that there would be already one); of course, DOS won't even boot from type 16 hex, it will be inaccessible. Finally, unhide your original primary partition (change it type from 16 hex back to 06 hex). After next reboot, you'll see two primary DOS partitions; remember to give them some labels, because drive letter ordering in case of multiple primary partitions depends on DOS version, and can easily get confused. Hope it helps, Michal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
