Hi, First, this question is better asked in the developer list (if not in the user list). Anyway, comments embedded.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin > Bogomolni > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 3:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Freedos-kernel] Installing FreeDOS on a FAT32 partition >1024 Cyl... > [..] > I am building an embedded FreeDOS based system, Good to know. > with a custom boot manager > in the MBR area of the primary disk. I have seen a boot loader > (boot32ea.asm) that the author claims can boot a FreeDOS partition beyond > the 8GiB/1024 Cyl limit. > > However, to start with I have been experimenting with installing > FreeDOS on > a FAT32 partition, and not having much luck. The procedure I am > using is : > > ------ > > In Linux --> > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=63 (kill trk0) > fdisk the system to make a 16MiB partition on /dev/hda1, > filesystem type 0x0b Are you creating a 16 _megabyte_ FAT32 partition? Or a 16 _gigabyte_ one? > mkdosfs -F32 /dev/hda1 Though mkdosfs didn't refuse to make such a little FAT32 partition, standard DOS may refuse to create/use FAT32 partitions under 32.5 MiB (66600 sectors), and by default uses FAT16 for partitions under 512MiB (1048576 sectors). > Install custom Boot Manager into the MBR of /dev/hda > > <reboot> > > In FreeDOS --> > > Downloaded the latest FreeDOS (2033) kernel32, and created a boot floppy > with it. > Boot the boot floppy. > At the prompt : sys c: This destroyed your custom boot manager, replacing it with the FreeDOS default one. > At this point sys claims that it is updating the volume boot record and > copies over kernel.sys and command.com. HOWEVER, when this occurs it > reports that the filesystem is "FAT16" and the filesystem is then > corrupted. Yes, SYS can suppose it's a FAT16 partition if it's too small. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > So .. > > 1) How do I install FreeDOS w/ FAT32 support on a FAT32 partition? (Do I > need a different "SYS" utility?) Try with a bigger partition (at least > 32.5 MiB, better if > 512 MiB). > 2) I tried formatting /dev/hda1 (C:) with the 0.91o FORMAT > utility, however > it would only attempt a FAT16 format under FreeDOS (2033/Fat32). What is > needed in order to get the FreeDOS native "format" utility to produce a > FAT32 filesystem? A bigger partition. Ciao. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
