W98 DOS on a FAT32 partition - booting causes a reboot.

[R.Wieser]

Hello all,

I just created a 5 GByte bootable FAT32 partition and formatted it using the
/s option (to transfer the systemfiles to it). However, when I than restart
there just is a delay of about 10 seconds, after which it reboots.

The odd thing is that booting from a FAT16 thumbdrive and than accessing the
above parition (the C: drive) works allright (already created a DOS folder
and copied files into it)

I've tried to google the problem, but nothing jumps out. Does anyone know
whats going on here and how to fix it ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser.

[R.Wieser]

However, when I than restart there just is a delay of about 10 seconds,
after which it reboots.

The problem was that repartitioning did not rewrite the MBR boot code - it
was still the GRUB loader from the previous Linux OS on that disk.

And ofcourse I only remembered "fdisk /mbr" *after* I killed the MBR
(filling the sector with zeroes). Luckily I had not done much before
testing if it would actually boot. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

[BugHunter]

Post by R.Wieser
Hello all,
I just created a 5 GByte bootable FAT32 partition and formatted it using the
/s option (to transfer the systemfiles to it). However, when I than restart
there just is a delay of about 10 seconds, after which it reboots.
The odd thing is that booting from a FAT16 thumbdrive and than accessing the
above parition (the C: drive) works allright (already created a DOS folder
and copied files into it)
I've tried to google the problem, but nothing jumps out. Does anyone know
whats going on here and how to fix it ?
Regards,
Rudy Wieser.

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"R.Wieser" wrote in message news:pp7vkf$8mg$***@gioia.aioe.org...

Hello all,

I just created a 5 GByte bootable FAT32 partition and formatted it using the
/s option (to transfer the systemfiles to it). However, when I than restart
there just is a delay of about 10 seconds, after which it reboots.

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Make It A NT Partition
Use A XP Boot.ini
It supports Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
+++++++++++++++++

The odd thing is that booting from a FAT16 thumbdrive and than accessing the
above parition (the C: drive) works allright (already created a DOS folder
and copied files into it)
=====================
odd thing is
You Need It To Edit Windows NT-based operating systems

The Make The XP Boot.ini
To Look Like This

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[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 98 Second
Edition" /fastdetect
++++++++++++++++++++++++

I've tried to google the problem, but nothing jumps out. Does anyone know
whats going on here and how to fix it ?

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Regards,
Rudy Wieser.