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Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 20:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Allen Sitho <sithoa@ecs.csus.edu>
To: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net>
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Subject: Re: What is "invalid primary partition... magic"?
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On Sun, 11 May 1997, Steve Howe wrote:

> On Sun, 11 May 1997, Allen Sitho wrote:
> 
> a magic number exists in the partitions table so that
> the block on the hard drive may be verified to be
> a partition table ...
> 
> it's serious if it is causing you problems.
> 
Hello,
	I get this message on the first boot drive of my pc, and I have 
linux on a physical second drive.  I experience no problem with the first 
drive but when I boot linux, Iget the boot sector might be corrupted 
message and linuz hangs.  Could they be related, or is the no magic 
problem should exist only onthe first drive?  Do I need to reinstall to 
fix this problem?

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