How2 fix IDE so that DOS can see hdc1 which linux can 4910

Since you've proposed a solution, you've acknowledged the problem ? I believe my MBRs and-or 1st partn-tbl are corrupted. OK, I had a bad feeling when I wrote 'hdc'. I know W? wants to be 'in front' on C:. When I sit at the linux box my brain knows the 1st IDE is hda. Now and usually my 'proper' OS Oberon 'says' eg: IDE2#32 47MB 76 Native Oberon, Aos IDE2#33 47MB 131 Linux fs IDE2#35 3906MB 131 Linux fs ...

Perhaps this is it ?!! But if, as I've always done DOS is hda1, it automatically gets a 'good' starting cylinder ?

Thanks, I might do this if-when I get a new-cleaned IDE. But I'm convinced the problem is only with the MBR and-or 1st parbreastion-tbl. So a linux tool should be able to hack it without wiping all my other 38 parbreastions ?

In future I'll always dd the MBR to a file.bak except there's still apparently the problem of the 2nd safety FAT is AFAIK not at a known-fix location ?

There seem to be very few people who know the inners of the MBR and parbreastion-tbl.

I hate the lilo documentation. It need -ed last time I looked to be re-wriiten by a native english wordsmith ?

== Chris Glur.