>I bet it definitely works (boot on XT drive) if one disables the onboard
>IDE first.
>The problem I see is using IDE and MFM/RLL drives at the same time,
>which might prove difficult.
To boot XT drives on an AT+, one usually has to disable the IDE drives
so that the BIOS doesn't go looking there
> could be the cause? As a hint: When I start dosemu with xdos -A it
> complains that sector 1 could not be found. What does this mean?
This is floppy prvbe. It attempts to seek sector 1 of track that doesn't
exist on your floppy, fails and bail out, being sure that your floppy
type is the one it
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Dan Olson wrote:
> > I've got a 808[68] maschine with a 40 MB harddisk with MS-DOS 3.3
> > installed.
> > I want to use this maschine with ELKS in future so I decided to make a
> > backup of the disk first. Can I just move the whole disk with it's
> > adapter card to my Pent
> > I've got a 808[68] maschine with a 40 MB harddisk with MS-DOS 3.3
> > installed.
> > I want to use this maschine with ELKS in future so I decided to make a
> > backup of the disk first. Can I just move the whole disk with it's
> > adapter card to my Pentium? I noticed that there is a xt disk d
>Parking the drive is a good idea if you plan to move it around becasue I
>think it helps prevent dammage to the the drive when transported. I don't
>know that it'd make a difference if the computer is just moving around the
>house or something though. My solution would be to make a DOS boot dis
> I've got a 808[68] maschine with a 40 MB harddisk with MS-DOS 3.3
> installed.
> I want to use this maschine with ELKS in future so I decided to make a
> backup of the disk first. Can I just move the whole disk with it's
> adapter card to my Pentium? I noticed that there is a xt disk driver
> f
> BTW: Do you, Jakob, or somebady else know, whether one has to "park"
> the xt-disk before shutting down the computer? The guy who gave me the
> xt insisted that I had to use the "park" utility that he had written
> for the disk before switching power off. AFAIR it "parks" the head of
> the disk
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, David Murn wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Jakob Eriksson wrote:
>
> > > BTW: Do you, Jakob, or somebady else know, whether one has to "park"
> > > the xt-disk before shutting down the computer?
> > > Is this neccessary, and if, how do I do this with > > linux and/or
> > > ELK
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Jakob Eriksson wrote:
> > BTW: Do you, Jakob, or somebady else know, whether one has to "park"
> > the xt-disk before shutting down the computer?
> > Is this neccessary, and if, how do I do this with > > linux and/or
> > ELKS?
> If no one ports this utility to ELKS, I guess X
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> "JE" == Jakob Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> > You may have problems with your BIOS booting from the 40 MB or not
> > making up its mind at all regarding which harddisk to use. This
> > Linux XT driver is intended (AFAIK) for linuxe
>> "JE" == Jakob Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You may have problems with your BIOS booting from the 40 MB or not
> making up its mind at all regarding which harddisk to use. This
> Linux XT driver is intended (AFAIK) for linuxes running only on XT
> harddrive, no IDE. (Typically som
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Hi all!
>
>
> I've got a 808[68] maschine with a 40 MB harddisk with MS-DOS 3.3
> installed.
> I want to use this maschine with ELKS in future so I decided to make a
> backup of the disk first. Can I just move the whole disk with it's
> adap
Hi all!
I've got a 808[68] maschine with a 40 MB harddisk with MS-DOS 3.3
installed.
I want to use this maschine with ELKS in future so I decided to make a
backup of the disk first. Can I just move the whole disk with it's
adapter card to my Pentium? I noticed that there is a xt disk driver
f
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