I'd try to get DR-DOS 7 from Caldera. GDISK.ZIP (better than FDISK)
from Simtel might help. Both have a tool to deal with the MBR.
With a limited system, you might like ROM-DOS from Data-light.com.
tighter handwired assy code.
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 16:23:44 -0500, Pete Rickard wrote:
> Hello all, and "a happy new millenium" -!
> I have a Tandy 3000HD which WAS bootable from the hard disk...
> I then optimized (defragged) the HD using Norton Utilities, and
> now for some reason it won't boot from C: anymore, and further
> does not even recognize C: as a valid drive! If I clumsily try
> using a Sperry Utility Diskette, I can get it to "see" the C:
> drive (but not the D: partition), but I still have to run from a
> DOS boot diskette to (at least) access the HD. But I often get
> "incorrect DOS version" complaints with any DOS boot disk I've
> tried to use.
> I need the SETUP utility on the original Tandy DOS 3.2 diskette,
> also the FDISK, COPY, MLPART and MLFORMAT (my problem is in part
> not having the exact same DOS version as is on the HD). Also there
> was a "Supplemental Programs Diskette" which contained the special
> utility HSECT, and a version of FORMAT [C:/S/V]... but for sure
> I'd need the HSECT program.
> Can anyone help? The battery must be going also, so I'll get
> the cover off to replace that, and have a look around. It has 640k
> RAM, and a single 5.25" high density floppy as well...
uncopywritten- do what you will with it.
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