Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!ogicse!cvedc!mcspdx!adphdw20!dtb From: dtb@adpplz.UUCP (Tom Beach) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: FAT Table Errors Summary: Large disk problems Keywords: fat, msdos, windows, norton Message-ID: <454@adphdw20.UUCP> Date: 13 Feb 91 17:47:47 GMT References: Organization: ADP Dealer Services R&D, Portland, OR Lines: 17 I once had a problem with a disk when trying to put a UNIX partition and a DOS partition on the same drive. UNIX always worked fine, but the DOS partition got increasing FAT table erors until it became unuseable. I finally had to put a second disk drive in the box reserving one for UNIX and the other for DOS. This worked perfectly. By the way, this is probably the wrong group for this discussion! Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Tom Beach : Sr Project Engineer : Mass Storage Technology | | phone : (503) 294-1541 | | email : uunet : dtb@adpplz.uucp | | ADP Dealer Services, ADP Plaza, 2525 S.W. 1st Ave, Portland OR, 97201 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------