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- Document 1101
- NEC DOS
-
- Initials:
- SN
- 11/26/90
- DR DOS 6.0
- DR DOS 5.0
- NEC DOS 3.3
-
- Keywords:
- NEC
- FDISK
- PARTITION
- 3.3
-
- Description:
-
- NEC DOS 3.3 PARTITIONS WITH DR DOS 5.0 and 6.0
-
- INSTALL says that "you must first FDISK your hard drive;"
- When you go into DR DOS FDISK and try to remove the partition, FDISK
- indicates that "This is not a DOS partition."
-
- End users are able to remove the partitions with NEC's FDISK, then
- recreate them with DR DOS's FDISK. DR DOS then installs fine.
-
- NEC Powermates are shipped with NEC DOS 3.3. This version has been
- HIGHLY modified from normal DOS 3.3. One of the changes is that their
- FDISK utility will create larger-than-32 MB partitions on the hard
- drive, however their method of doing this is NOT compatible with either
- the Compaq DOS 3.31 scheme or the MS DOS 4.01 scheme. Removing the
- partitions with NEC FDISK is the only solution - this is also required
- if the user wishes to install regular MS DOS 4.01.
-
- It is important to note that running FDISK will result in the loss of
- all data on the disk. Please have a backup before doing this procedure.
-