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From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys N1BRM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Trouble with partition and DOS 4.xx
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Date: 21 Oct 90 02:23:01 GMT
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In article <1539@hagbard.dc.luth.se>, Ingvar.Strand@ext.luth.se (Ingvar Strand) writes...
>Hi,
>I have been trying to change dos, from 3.30 to 4.01, and when
>I'm at it also change the size of the dos partition. (from 32M to 44M)
>This has however been a total fiasco.  The computer just wont boot from
>the HD.  I have tryed several combinations with FDISK, FORMAT and
>DISK MANAGER (form both dos 3.30 and 4.01) but the respons is usually
>just the ROM-BASIC starting up, or a message saying "Invalid Partition Table"
>I was under the impression that one could have partitiones larger than 32M
>with dos 4.xx but now I might have to reconsider.
>Anyway I would appreciate any help and/or hint with this problem.
> 
>/Ingvar               (ingsa@ext.luth.se)



	A basic error to make is to forget to remove the existing partitions from the disk with dos
3.3 prior to trying to install dos 4.01 via its fdisk. THEY ARE NOT!! COMPATIBLE! I've been
bitten by this one myself, so I speak from experience. If you get it too messed up - try
starting from scratch with a new low level format. And make sure that you use the FDISK 
supplied with th e proper version of dos, again - they are NOT compatible!



	/s/	Bob Gettys