[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > So I booted from a 3"1/2 floppy, but then I could read and write files on > existing (MS-)DOS formatted 5"1/4 floppies, but not format : I always get > an error stating "Invalid drive B:" and "[Error 61]" (if I remember well). > I tried with various parameters including /F and /4 (my drive is a 1.2Mb > one). > Here you'll have to try using various DOS kernels and FORMAT programs, I'd recommend: * MS-DOS 6.00 kernel + MS-DOS format * MS-DOS 6.00 kernel + FD FORMAT * FreeDOS kernel (fat16 one, behaves as ms-dos 6.00 I think in dos-version) + MS-DOS FORMAT * FreeDOS kernel + FD FORMAT > I ended up using the SYS command on an MS-DOS formatted disk. > > Also, hitting ctrl-alt-delete leads to various crashes (hung computer, > kernel fatal error, or erratic msg display, it depends) on my P4 but never > to a reboot, do you know something about this ? > With just kernel and FreeCOM loaded, or also applications like FDAPM? > And just FMI, could you explain me why the behaviour at boot is different > on my P4 and on the XT : the first chars displayed are "FreeDOS" on my P4, > > whereas I got a "..................................123" (crash) on the XT. > There exist various versions of our SYS program, and on FreeDOS 1.0.0 we've delivered an older less experimental version. That's why the bootsector is different. > I will try again and keep you posted. > > Thanks, > Edouard. > I hope the floppy set will work, seems there's still some work on FreeDOS to be done but nobody knows where to begin :)
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