Master boot record fix

Thanks to all of you who responded to my message about reverting to DOS (even though I know it's wrong but for personal reasons I have to goto DOS) I had to solve the problem by actually going to hex edit the HD sectors at the beginning. It was definently corrupt. I know it was corrupt because the

Master Boot Record

As I referred to in my previous email, is that I have tried fdisk /mbr in DOS and that hasen't worked. I believe there is something corrupt in the boot sector/FAT tables. And I can't get it back. I have tried the DD if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=1024 count=1 and it doesn't do ANYTHING. It gives me

DOS Program

The previous problem I had with getting DOS back on my laptop (Toshiba T4400C) has not been fixed. I've tried the dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=1024 (and 512) count=1 and I've gotten nothing but errors with that line. if I get red of the bs=1024 count=1 portion, I get an error saying "invalid

Re: [Revert to dos]

Well...as usual it didn't work. I tried the fdisk /mbr command. And it didn't do ANYTHING to my computer. I still can't change my partition information at ALL. So the Fdisk /mbr option didn't fix it. My computer still locks up at the beginning. I don't even get any error messages like "missing o/s

Revert to dos

I had Hamm previously installed on my laptop, which is for the record a Toshiba T4400C. I want to go back to DOS. I've tried to go back to DOS by repartitioning in Linux so that I only have 1 partition which is the C drive...and that's a DOS FAT16 (big) partition. Now when I then go into DOS fdisk

Re: [Installation Partition Problem]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > > I am a newcomer to the Linux arena. I've been a MS > [...] > > information on my HD after I run debian install, > > the HD is setup into 4 Non-MSDOS partitions, and > > they are all blown WAY out of proportion, like I have one, 151 MB partition on a 120 MB hard

Partial Install Problem Solved, now another

I did happen to get past the partition problem of my install on my laptop by initiating the virtual console and then doing a manual delete of each partition, and then doing a cfdisk from dinstal. Now my next problem is, that it says I have a bad base14-5 disk. Now I've done 2 diskettes and downloa

Installation Partition Problem

I am a newcomer to the Linux arena. I've been a MS boy for pretty much all of my life. I just downloaded the base and rescue images for debian, and I do have all the necessary images on floppy to install debian. I'm trying to install on a Toshiba T4400C laptop. It has a 120 MB hard drive, 12 MB o