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From: cagney@chook.ua.oz (Andrew Cagney - aka Noid,285,5585,3362395)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Disk Drive Install (dos3.3 fdisk hang)
Message-ID: <615@augean.OZ>
Date: 10 Oct 89 04:41:02 GMT
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From article <15544@bcsaic.UUCP>, by paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen):
> 	Low-level format the drive.
> 	Create a small DOS partition with 3.3 fdisk.
> 	Create three more non-DOS partitions with Minix fdisk (1.3).
> 	Go back to DOS, run fdisk and it hangs!  Reset the machine!

I also got this, the solution was get someone's minix fdisk that
actually put numbers into the partition type field of the
partition table. (eg 0x40). If the number was present 
fdisk did not hang.