Hi Michael, > Has anyone else run chkdsk on their Freedos C drive and gotten this > error? I have a 500 meg partition which is probably FAT16. I have > used Windows 98 to defrag another partition that I allow freedos to > access. Is the implementation of FAT in 98 and Freedos compatible? > > Using chkdsk, I tried a flag that I assume attempts a repair but it > didn't fix the problem. The only thought I have is backing up and > reformatting my C drive.
Can you provide DOS dosfsck 2.11c -v output for that drive? I have the feeling that maybe only the first word of the second FAT (?) is zeroed, some tool might do that to flag a work-in-progress state. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user