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From: woju@mist.sub.org (Wolfgang Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Boot Sector Writer
Keywords: Boot Sector
Message-ID: <A0ax6vbm@mist.sub.org>
Date: 5 Dec 90 15:06:00 GMT
References: <15308@cs.utexas.edu>
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Organization: The Mystic System in Berlin 26
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X-Version: Martin's Mailer Version Oct 29 1990 21:00:12

In <15308@cs.utexas.edu>, Troy Carpenter writes:
-<my last post about my boot sector on the HD crashed and I wanted a program to
-<rewrite my boot sector. 
-<

You should use the SED from Claus Brod from his Book 'Scheibenkleister'
With it your harddisk will follow your Steps :-)


-<What I want to know is is it possible to write a program (hopefully in Personal
-<pascal because that is the only language I have on floppy, my Sozobon C was on
-<the hard disk!!) that will ask for sizes and the like and pass all the 
-<appropriate parameters to this routine.  (Ok, I know that can be done) BUT,
-<will I get a boot sector on my Hard Drive, or does this routine only work on
-<floppy disks.

this XBIOS Routine only accesses Floppy-Disks .....

-<But I need to know for my Hard Disk (20megs, 4 partitions).

You should get a copy of Claus Brods 'Scheibenkleister' hopefully translated
into your Language, it is writte in german :-) Or an simalar english book,
there should be some ...

-- 
Bye,...
Don't trust your eyes. It's just an imagination of your brain !

woju@mist.sub.org
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woju@neon.in-berlin.de

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