[SLE] formatting the dos partitions

From: John Sowden (jsowden_at_americansentry.net)
Date: 08/30/04

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    On an 8.2 new install, I set up three partitions for dos, 2 using fat32 and
    one using fat16. I am unable to get suse to establish a 16 bit fat. Why 16
    bit? I found an encryption program that traps calls to the hd and
    encrypt/decrypts onthe fly, so the partition is always encrypted.

    Second problem. I use ms-dos 7.1 (from win98) because it allows me to access
    my 32 bit fat partitions via dosemu or real mode. Unfortunately when I
    booted with the win98 emergency boot disk, it trashed the partition table of
    my suse 8.2 install. The rescue disk did not help, as fdisk showed a trashed
    partition table. (A) Can I recover from this? (B) how do I format the fat
    partitions so I can access them from suse/dosemu or realmode dos.

    tia,
    John Sowden
    American Sentry Systems. Inc.
    1221 Andersen Drive
    San Rafael, CA 94901

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    Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967

    mail@americansentry.net
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