So the problem was a "false read error". Just the thing that programes believe that never happen!
BTW my problem was a long time ago, so it could have that problem that has already been fixed. Alain Mark Bailey escreveu: > > Alain M. wrote: >> Arkady V.Belousov escreveu: >>> EA> Several users have lost their boot loader, >>> You wish to say, that some boot-loaders don't have MBR signature? >> Being one that lost it, I can say with 99.999% certainty that my MBR was >> ok. I believe that some obscure read error caused it to belive that my >> MBR was wrong. >> >> Alain >> > > I will second that. My MBR was fine until fdisk decided to "fix it." I > believe that it was an "obscure read error". Having fdisk write an > MBR may be one of those operations where you not only ask "are you SURE" > before doing the operation, but ask again "Are you REALLY SURE." The > default should NEVER be to write to the MBR unless the user specifically > requests it. > > Fdisk never asked me before it overwrote my MBR. My problem turned out > to be repeatable ... I could trash my MBR any time I wanted just by > booting FreeDOS and running FDISK. > > (This eventually led to a change in emm386 which eliminated the > problem on that specific computer). > > Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
