Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!fuug!news.funet.fi!hydra!klaava!wirzeniu From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: Re: boot : dos ? (I wish!) Message-ID: <1991Jun3.101501.20115@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Date: 3 Jun 91 10:15:01 GMT References: <438@alchemy.UUCP> Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 13 In article <438@alchemy.UUCP> victor@alchemy.UUCP (Victor Michael) writes: >Can someone tell me if I my DOS partition is not labeled correctly for >booting into that partition at 'boot :' prompt or is this a quirk of >DOS 4.0???? > >I have heard that DOS 4.0 partitions are not recognized as such with Xenix I do it daily often, without problems. I have SCO Xenix 2.3.2 and MS-DOS 4.01. Are you certain you followed the installation instructions correctly? I believe that the DOS partitition should be installed first, and shouldn't be made bootable, I can't check it right now, however. -- Lars Wirzenius wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi