🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi,
I've came across a weird problem with MS f(uck)disk in that it hangs on
loading.

I get the prompt about enabling large disk support and I press "y".  The
screen goes blank and the IDE light goes on and the thing hangs.  OFC
linux fdisk sees everything as just fine:

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1869 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       830   6666943+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2           831      1023   1550272+   b  Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda3          1024      1869   6795495    5  Extended
/dev/hda5          1024      1853   6666943+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6          1854      1869    128488+  82  Linux swap

I'll spend more time tommorrow investigating possible sources of the
problem but for now does anyone see anything obvious?

The MS bootloader is in the MBR and lilo on hda1 if that matters...

Here is my only guess:
hda2 was partitioned and formated by linux (fdisk, mkdosfs) instead of
by (ms fdisk, format)  -  I don't think this can be true though because
the Win98 boot disk can see "C:" just fine.


MS fdisk not loading isn't really a problem because I think I could
install W98 on there anyway but I'd like to pinpoint the problem in case
something bad happens because of it...

TIA,
-- 
Paul Richards (Pauldoo) - http://www.pauldoo.co.uk