Hello Ashby, > If you are getting binary data from your /dev/fd0, then it should > have nothing to do with your partitioning. Sounds like the boot disc > you are using may be corrupt. Are you trying to boot off /dev/fd0 or > /dev/hda?
/dev/hda I also found that my dos partition could no longer be mounted by linux and after starting dos from a stiffie, I could not access files on /dev/hda1. So I reformatted it. Fortunately I have backups :) Thanks for your reply. It seems that my DOS partition was destroyed by lilo. I could also not run fdisk /mbr in DOS. DOS was complaining that it could not write on c: Regards. Johann -- J.H. Spies, Hugenotestraat 29, Posbus 80, Franschhoek, 7690, South Africa Tel/Faks 021-876-2337 Sel/Cell 082 898 1528(Johann) 082 255 2388(Hester) "Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Psalms 37:4