Hi,
I have the following disk partition setup:
hda1 2G Linux
hda2 2G NT with Windows95 bootloader on boot record
hda3 2G '95
hda rest (13G) free
When I boot Winduhs it loads the boot loader from hda2 (C:) and that
boots Winduhs from hda3 (D:). Winduhs is installed on D: (hda3).
However, if I make an extended partition on the rest of the disk, the
Winduhs boot fails... C: is readable, but it refuses to access D: with
``unreadable media byte'' and drops me into a MS-DUH prompt.
Removing the extended partition fixes the problem... Winduhs boots
normally again and D: is accessible. Why should making an extended
partition make '95 complain about ``unreadable media byte''s on
existing partitions?
Anyone seen anything like this? Know a solution? I'd sure like to
use some of the remaining 13GB in the disk for constructive purposes!
Regards,
-- Raju
P.S. in case you're wondering about the NT, I installed that first on
C: and then installed '95 on D: . Of course, MS products are
completely incompatible with each other, so '95 overwrote NT's boot
sector and now I can't boot NT at all!
P.P.S. I have legal copies of all these softwares :-)
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