Felix Miata composed on 2024-10-14 20:47 (UTC-0400):
> After at least 3 decades, one might think a DOS disk partitioner, or the
> FreeDOS
> installer, might have acquired an ability to not disturb anything that is
> part of
> the target partition. No such was or is apparent. Now that FreeDOS is
> installed,
> only it can be booted, because it presumed it OK to move the boot flag off the
> partition on which I placed it. Fdisk remains of the errant notion that the
> boot
> flag can only be valid on a DOS partition, which is wholly untrue. Now I must
> locate some bootable Linux CD to boot for the singular purpose of changing two
> bytes in the partition table in order to make my other 20+ operating systems
> bootable again.
> What other damage is awaiting my discovery once the boot flag is back where
> it was?
Turns out, lots of damage: about 29 logical partitions deleted. The following
is how I
found it after FreeDOS installation:
DFSee Linux 17.0 : executing: fdisk -r- -w-
Command timestamp : Monday 2024-10-14 17:06:43
+---+--+--+-----------------+--------+--------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
|ID |ux|Dr|Type, description|Format |Related |VolumeLabel|OS2-LVM/BM / GPT /
Crypt / additional in| Size MiB |
+--[/dev/sda MBR disk 1]--------+--------+-----------[ST160 PATA
9RX4RLF0]--------------------+-----------+
|01*| 1| |Hide 16 FAT16 |FAT16 |MSWIN4.1|P01WINDOS |P01 WinDOS
P01 WinDOS | 39.2|
|02*| 2| |Prim 0b FAT32 |FAT32 |FRDOS5.1|P02FREEDOS |P02 FreeDOS
P02 FreeDOS | 243.2|
|03>| 3| |Prim 83 LinuxNatv|EXT2 |GRUB |03boot |P03 Real /boot
P03 Real /boot | 400.1|
|04 | 5| |Log 82 SunS/SWAP|SWAP |LinuxV1 |SWAPSPACE2 |P05 swapper
P05 swapper | 188.2|
|08 | | |FreeSpace Logical|-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|
| 151757.1|
Because the partitioner I use logs, I only needed to view the previous log
to recreate that which was deleted, with result identical to the state in
which FreeDOS found it:
DFSee Linux 17.0 : executing: part
Command timestamp : Monday 2024-10-14 17:19:05
+---+--+--+-----------------+--------+--------+-----------+----------------------------------------+-----------+
|ID |ux|Dr|Type, description|Format |Related |VolumeLabel|OS2-LVM/BM / GPT /
Crypt / additional in| Size MiB |
+--[/dev/sda MBR disk 1]--------+--------+-----------[ST160 PATA
9RX4RLF0]--------------------+-----------+
|01*| 1| |Hide 16 FAT16 |FAT16 |MSWIN4.1|P01WINDOS |P01 WinDOS
P01 WinDOS | 39.2|
|02*| 2| |Prim 0b FAT32 |FAT32 |FRDOS5.1|P02FREEDOS |P02 FreeDOS
P02 FreeDOS | 243.2|
|03>| 3| |Prim 83 LinuxNatv|EXT2 |GRUB |03boot |P03 Real /boot
P03 Real /boot | 400.1|
|04 | 5| |Log 82 SunS/SWAP|SWAP |LinuxV1 |SWAPSPACE2 |P05 swapper
P05 swapper | 188.2|
|05 | 6| |Lhid 11 FAT12 |FAT12 |mkdosfs |DUMMY |P06 dummy
P06 dummy | 7.8|
|06 | 7| |Log 06 FAT16 |FAT16 |-DFSee- |P06 SS16A |P07 DOS data
P07 DOS data | 251.0|
|07*| 8| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |08stw |P08 TW Slowroll
P08 TW Slowroll | 5600.8|
|08*| 9| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |suse114 |P09 suse114
P09 suse114 | 4800.6|
|09*|10| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |suse121 |P10 suse121
P10 suse121 | 4800.6|
|10*|11| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |suse122 |P11 suse122
P11 suse122 | 4800.6|
|11*|12| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |suse123 |P12 suse123
P12 suse123 | 4800.6|
|12 |13| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |Linux |13home |P13 /home
P13 /home | 7201.0|
|13 |14| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |Linux |14usrlcl |P14 /usr/local
P14 /usr/local | 2047.3|
|14 |15| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |Linux |15pub |P15 /pub
P15 /pub | 8589.4|
|15*|16| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |suse131 |P16 suse131
P16 suse131 | 4800.6|
|16*|17| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |f21p17 |P17 Fedora 21
P17 Fedora 21 | 4800.6|
|17*|18| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |f24p18 |P18 Fedora 24
P18 Fedora 24 | 4800.6|
|18*|19| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |19sslo |P19 TW Slowroll
P19 TW Slowroll | 5600.8|
|19*|20| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |20mga09 |P20 Mageia 9
P20 Mageia 9 | 5600.8|
|20*|21| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |f28p21 |P21 Fedora 28
P21 Fedora 28 | 4800.6|
|21*|22| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |suse132 |P22 suse132
P22 suse132 | 4800.6|
|22*|23| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |debian13 |Debian 13 Trixie
Debian 13 Trixie | 5600.8|
|23 |24| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|unknown |Linux | |-
| 5600.8|
|24 |25| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|unknown |Linux | |-
| 5600.8|
|25 |26| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|unknown |Linux | |-
| 5600.8|
|26 |27| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|unknown |Linux | |
| 5600.8|
|27 | | |FreeSpace Logical|-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|
| 2651.4|
|27*|28| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |mageia8 |Mageia 8
Mageia 8 | 4800.6|
|28*|29| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |debian10 |Debian 10 Buster
Debian 10 Buster | 4800.6|
|29*|30| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |f30p30 |P30 Fedora 30
P30 Fedora 30 | 4800.6|
|30*|31| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |debian11 |Debian 11 Bullseye
Debian 11 Bullseye | 4800.6|
|31*|32| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |debian12 |Debian 12 Bookworm
Debian 12 Bookworm | 5600.8|
|32*|33| |Log 83 LinuxNatv|EXT3 |GRUB |fedor29 |Fedora 29
Fedora 29 | 4800.6|
|36 | | |FreeSpace Logical|-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|
| 13392.6|
All good now, but disappointed in FreeDOS.
--
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Felix Miata
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