On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:47:48 +0100, you wrote: Hi Gerry,
>Well so far I really like FDISK, it's small and fast and appears to do >everything it's supposed to. I like FDISK also, almost identical interface as MS and have enhanced functionality. >I've never needed to use the GUI. GUI (the current version should be UI) is for the beginners and operators, I don't mind using UI or GUI since FDISK is not a TSR, size is not a problem. And easier navigation only made the program more user friendly, you can keep using command line. >I have not been hit by the MBR bug, despite testing on a wide range of >systems with both SCSI and IDE drives, everything from totally empty >drives up to drives which are fully partitioned and with operating >systems. I've never seen it write an MBR automatically or damage a >partition table, but we know there's a hole in the safety net of the >current version and this is being worked on. Maybe in point form for easier reading: 1) Current version FDISK 1.2.1 have potential problem, personally I always run into trouble with it, but not lethal 2) Jeremy's patched 1.2.1-k, it kills two of my PC's MBR, now I've to rebuild everything from scratch 3) Jeremy's 1.3.0 beta, which never runs on my PC with "Error 0 reading sector 0x3f" >I wonder if the MBR hole is still present when *not* using the GUI? If >it's not, that would explain why I've never been hit by it! I'll try to use command line, thanks for your inspiration. Rgds, Johnson. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
