Hi!
25-Июл-2006 11:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to FreeDOS Devel
<freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>:
EA> You said that the "if no MBR 55aa found, replace ALL code and
EA> partition data in the MBR with an empty MBR" function in FDISK,
EA> which has caused a lot of data loss in the past, would be
EA> necessary to handle wiped / new / virtual harddisks properly.
EA> Who would like to help me to find a better solution, for
EA> example using his virtual computer?
May you specify problem more precise?
1. Does this mean, that currently FDISK automatically wrote own MBR with
empty partition table, when it finds "no signature"? If yes, this is
bug - FDISK should ask before any write to disk (on exit from it).
2. _Any_ valid MBR should contain 55aa signature - why FDISK shouldn't
ignore content of MBR, if there is no signature?
EA> I think it should be
EA> enough to do "FDISK /MBR" manually
No - when run, FDISK should just show empty partition table, and on
exit ask about writing new MBR ("Press Ctrl-C to skip writing changes into
MBR; press any other key to continue").
EA> - it should NEVER be the
EA> case that FDISK automatically kills my MBR.
Yes.
EA> One could add
EA> an option "FDISK /MBR-and-wipe-all-partitioning-data", too.
/CLEAR, /CLEARALL.
>> >> All (both) timeouts were increased to 60 seconds due to popular
>> >> demand...
EA> Why not infinitely long?
Yes, why not no timeouts?
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