Roberto : > > 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?
MiB (MibiBytes = 1000 KibiBytes (a kibibyte is defined as 1024 bytes)) > > 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). Good to know. I'll increase the size of the target partition to 64MiB, and try again. > > 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. Nope, the custom boot manager is in place. SYS.COM only replaces the bootloader at the top of the volume, not the boot manager in the MBR in the first three sectors of the primary boot disk. > > 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. Okay, will try with a bigger partition this time, formatted FAT32 via Win98 rescue floppy. Thanks Roberto! (For the kernel developers .. I'm still looking for a method to install one of those "other" bootloaders that support booting FreeDOS kernel >1024 Cyl) ------------------------------------------------------- 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
