Another solution to the FDISK problem 

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Last update: 5th September, 1995

Symptoms

It's impossible to set an installable partition other than the default C: during Advanced Installation.

Hardware

Probably harddrives with partitions crossing the 1024 cyl. boundary only.

Problem

Probably a bug in Warp FDISK in handling partitions crossing the 1024 cyl. boundary. Such partitions often appears to be corrupted to some other partition table editors, too.

Procedure

Add the following line to the CONFIG.SYS file on Diskette 1: 
      SET INSTALLDRIVE=drive_letter

which will set the installation drive to drive_letter:, e.g., 

      SET INSTALLDRIVE=F

Notes

  1. As far as I know, this variable is undocumented.

  2. The Installation Drive Selection screen will not appear during installation when this variable is set. Be careful...

  3. An alternative method of curing this bug exists, cf. Cannot set an installable partition with FDISK by Jacco de Leeuw.
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