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In article <PmFV41w164w@techsys.UUCP> berk@techsys.UUCP (techsys consulting) writes:
>ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes:
>
>> 
>> I use a bootstrap program that lets me boot from any hard disk partition.
>> There were some changes in the partition table going from DOS 3.3 to
>> DOS 4.0 that kept the bootstrap from working. Anybody know if DOS 5.0
>> has changed the partition table? I'd hate to overwrite the boot sectors
>> and end up with a disk that won't boot. Thanks for any help.
>> 
>> Mike Ching
>
>If you're 4.0, 5.0 will install no sweat..

What is it with DOS 5 partitions anyway?  There are confirmed
problems if you use DOS 5 FDisk to change a NEC 3.3 partition,
or a Disk Manager partition (with the first, you get an occasional
"FATs don't match" message when the FATs really should; with
the second, DOS's new Mirror program won't run on any but the
C drive).  

Is DOS recording partition information differently?  Is it not
changing the old partition information?  Is it something to
do with the fact that NEC 3.3 DOS allowed >32M partitions? That
DM allowed more than 1024 cylinders on the drive?  Any ideas?

thks

taimi
ames@reed.edu