Re: Fw: Bad Fat

[Andrew Clausen]

Hi Jeffrey,

> this was the entire error message (repeated below), no full
> path name. I've been crawling around in DOS directories trying
> to find it. As a note--I loaded partboot.img to the floppy,
> but not the image file with what looked like a kernel # 
> (1.21.0...something), in case my confusion there has any
> bearing on the case at hand. Please let me know if you figure
> anything out.

The funny thing is:
(a) the forwarded email you sent me is different to the first one
(b) it DOES contain a full path!

Spooky!  Anyway, the file is in your root directory.

I think I know what the problem is.  FWICT, some versions of
DOS/Windows terminate directory entries at the first NULL directory
entry, others at the end of the cluster (at the end of the dir's
chain).  Parted ends it at the end of the cluster, which means
it may find some bogus directory entries (like the one you found)
that DOS/Windows ignores.

Pixel: you said I should terminate at the end of the cluster...
what versions of DOS/Windows were you testing on?  FAT16 or FAT32?

I'll play around some more...

Thanks,
Andrew Clausen