On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Tom Taylor wrote:
>
> >===[22:59 BST 15/08/99 - blue]===
> >
> >Funny, rebooted the PC and it just says "LI" where I was expecting
> "Starting MS-DOS..."
>
> Hi Lee:
> Heartbreaking, isn't it. In over twenty years I've experienced
a few.
> Even when one keeps REALLY GOOD records, some of the tweaks still prove
> evasive.
> The "LI" comes from the hd MBR. Formatting a hard drive DOES
NOT do
> anything to the MBR unless you use the mbr switch when formatting. If
you
> need to boot from the hd with DOS, you need to overwrite the MBR with
> "format /mbr" or something like that (see your DOS manual).
IIRC, it's fdisk /mbr.
>
> >Booted off the boot disk, well I can access my C: drive - a start.
> Starting ScanDisk, it
> >found 1 Bad cluster. I wonder if Linux can install over the bad
cluster?
> sigh...
mkfs -t ext2 -c
or
mke2fs -c
:-)
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
> >Quantum FireBall 3.2gb hard-disk, 5 months old. How the heck could it
> crash already??
>
> Aren't IDE drives wonderful? HINT - why do you think IDE
drives are so
> much cheaper than SCSI drives? However, a Quantum Fireball has a five
year
> warranty if I remember correctly. Take it back and get a new one.
>
> Hope you have better luck with a new drive,
> Tom
>
> --
> Tom Taylor Sr. Development Technician
> Telemedic Systems, Inc. 253.529.0526
> Member: PSLUG http://sealinux.itsite.com
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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