Hm... why not ask on -kernel or at least on -devel? > I have a machine where to reproduce this bug, or a similar one. It's a > 286. Strangely enough, FreeDOS will boot from floppy and see C:, but > will refuse to boot from there (locks at InitDisk I think, I haven't > investigated into this).
IF it locks in InitDisk then you will see the InitDisk string on the screen. If you do not, then you can try FDISK /MBR to replace the MBR program code by a fresh copy, and/or try a newer SYS version to install a newer bootsector on C:... If the MBR works right, then you should see at least the "FreeDOS" string displayed by the boot sector. If the boot sector works right, you should see, depending on how far you get, "123" or "InitDisk" or the drive list or the banner message, etc.! > I seem to recall that Arkady has a tool to inspect the MBR and > find possible problems, right? Arkady has BOOTFIX to analyze bootsectors. To analyze the MBR, use FDISK /SMBR [drive number, e.g. 1] to save the MBR to a boot.mbr file. You can also try MIRROR /PARTN ... or a debug script or other methods. Eric ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
