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From: reintom@rocky2.UUCP (Tom Reingold)
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Subject: Re: Booting AT w/hard disk and DOS 3.0
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 21:15:38 EST
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>Another case of hardware/software apparent incompatabilities.  I
>recently purchased a 40M Seagate hard disk for my AT.  After formatting
>the disk with Mountain's Hard Disk Utility as a 15M and 25M volume, I
>could not boot from the hard disk w/DOS 3.0.  Since In ormally run
>my machine at 9Mhz., I immediately changed it back to 6Mhz., but still
>no luck.  After trying everything, my dealer (ENTRE in Fairfield NJ)
>called to say that this configuration would work w/DOS 3.1.  They 
>gave me DOS 3.1 for a greatly reduced price and everything's
>been fine since.  Any ideas?
>
>Max Robin
>AT&T Bell Laboratories
>201-386-6865
>email:whuxg!2212msr

After running the format program you were supplied with, you should
probably do the following:

1.  Format the disk again, this time using the FORMAT program
provided on your DOS diskette.
2.  Run the FDISK program that is on your DOS diskette.  Make the
partition from which you want to boot "active".  

Tom Reingold