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How do I format a DOS Partition Under SC

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Name: Deborah Burns
Date: March 2, 2001 at 08:18:32 Pacific
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I have an unformatted DOS partition on my SOC Openserver 505a system. I am new to UNIX and need to know how do I format this partiton? When I type DOS at the boot: prompt I get this message:
CYL OVF
This is: The operating system lies on a cylinder greater than 1024; masterboot cannot load it.
Is the the DOS partition that is greater than 1024 or my unix partition? Can I reduce this size without losing data on my UNIX partition? I need to Ghost this drive and I cannot because the DOS partition is unformatted.



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