From: James P. Grenert (grenert.james_at_mayo.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 03 1998 - 10:12:41 EDT
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Bernd Meierhofer wrote:
> I think the command fdisk /newmbr may solve this problem
>
Since this is FDISK run from within the OS/2 installation, I don't have
any control over command modifiers.
A little more information to clarify my problem:
I used Partition Magic to shrink C: down to ~400MB, moved it up 1MB to put
in Boot Manager, and then I created an extended partition with a ~100MB
logical D: drive. However, when I run the OS/2 Advanced Installation,
FDISK only shows a C: drive of 513MB and nothing else. This is especially
strange to me because I shrunk C: down to about 400MB with Partition
Magic. As I said, the FDISK program from PCDOS sees the D: partition, and
Windows 3.1 sees it as well. It is only the FDISK program in the OS/2
install software which does not show the D: drive (and thinks that the
whole 540MB drive is C:).
Someone suggested that I had exceeded the 1024 cylinder limit. I thought
that might be the problem, so I made D: about 30MB smaller, and it still
wouldn't show that the D: drive existed. Also, PQMagic showed that D:
only extended until about the 500th cylinder. So, I don't think I've
exceeded the 1024 cylinder limit. I may try shrinking the disk some more
just to make sure.
Thanks again for any help.
J. P. Grenert
grenert_at_mayo.edu
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