[Freedos-user] floppy drive won't format disk...
I'm running Freedos 1.3 RC2 installed from the live CD base system with sources. C:>format a: Insert new diskette for drive A: Press ENTER when the right disk is in drive... # Boot sector unreadable, disk not yet formatted Using drive default: 1440k (Cyl=80 Head=2 Sec=18) Cannot find existing format - forcing full format Please enter volume label (max. 11 chars): FREEDOS2019 Full Formatting (wiping all data) Format_Floppy_Cylinder( head=0 cylinder=0 ) sectors=18 [int 13.5] Critical error during INT 13 disk access INT 13 satus (hex): 08 Bits: DMA troubles Description: DMA overrun Program terminated. [Error 136] C:> I'm using a Digital Research Technologies ISA card with floppy controller. The box says Super ISA Multi-I/O Controller. A possible problem is that I am on an EVOC single board Pentium 4 computer that is designed for USB floppy drives. INT 13 sounds like a BIOS thing where the EVOC undoubtedly does NOT have the traditional BIOS. The EVOC is the FSC-1714VNA model. My passive ISA/PCI PICMG 1.0 backplane is undocumented. It is an HPP 14S. There are two jumpers on the backplane. One has been changed which is near the ATX connector on the backplane, the other appears to have something to do with the PCI bus. The only format I have achieved is with a Teac USB floppy drive in Windows Millenium, the ISA card not installed at all. Can someone shed light some light on Error 136 and DMA troubles? ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] floppy drive won't format disk...
Research suggests that ACPI breaks ISA floppy in Windows XP... I wonder if ACPI is breaking Freedos 1.3 as well? BIOS SETUP UTILITY v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. AMIBIOS Version : 08.00.12 Build Date: 05/26/07 ID: J8472006 Under Advanced -> Floppy Configuration Floppy A 1.44 MB 3 1/2" Floppy B Disabled Under Advanced -> SuoperIO Configuration OnBoard Floppy Controller Disabled Floppy Drive Swap Disabled Serial Port1 Address 3F8/IRQ4 Serial Port2 Address 2F8/IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode Normal Parallel Port Address 378 Parallel Port Mode ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel DMA0 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 Onboard Game Port Enabled OnBoard MIDI Port 330 MIDI IRQ Select IRQ10 March 11, 2020 7:27 PM, mich...@robinson-west.com (mailto:mich...@robinson-west.com) wrote: I'm running Freedos 1.3 RC2 installed from the live CD base system with sources. C:>format a: Insert new diskette for drive A: Press ENTER when the right disk is in drive... # Boot sector unreadable, disk not yet formatted Using drive default: 1440k (Cyl=80 Head=2 Sec=18) Cannot find existing format - forcing full format Please enter volume label (max. 11 chars): FREEDOS2019 Full Formatting (wiping all data) Format_Floppy_Cylinder( head=0 cylinder=0 ) sectors=18 [int 13.5] Critical error during INT 13 disk access INT 13 satus (hex): 08 Bits: DMA troubles Description: DMA overrun Program terminated. [Error 136] C:> I'm using a Digital Research Technologies ISA card with floppy controller. The box says Super ISA Multi-I/O Controller. A possible problem is that I am on an EVOC single board Pentium 4 computer that is designed for USB floppy drives. INT 13 sounds like a BIOS thing where the EVOC undoubtedly does NOT have the traditional BIOS. The EVOC is the FSC-1714VNA model. My passive ISA/PCI PICMG 1.0 backplane is undocumented. It is an HPP 14S. There are two jumpers on the backplane. One has been changed which is near the ATX connector on the backplane, the other appears to have something to do with the PCI bus. The only format I have achieved is with a Teac USB floppy drive in Windows Millenium, the ISA card not installed at all. Can someone shed light some light on Error 136 and DMA troubles? ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] floppy drive won't format disk...
get a USB floppy drive. format the floppy from Windows. Tom am Donnerstag, 12. März 2020 um 01:27 schrieben Sie: > I'm running Freedos 1.3 RC2 installed from the live CD base system with > sources. C:\>>format a: > Insert new diskette for drive A: > Press ENTER when the right disk is in drive... > # Boot sector unreadable, disk not yet formatted > Using drive default: 1440k (Cyl=80 Head=2 Sec=18) > Cannot find existing format - forcing full format > Please enter volume label (max. 11 chars): FREEDOS2019 > Full Formatting (wiping all data) > Format_Floppy_Cylinder( head=0 cylinder=0 ) sectors=18 [int 13.5] > Critical error during INT 13 disk access > INT 13 satus (hex): 08 > Bits: DMA troubles > Description: DMA overrun > Program terminated. > [Error 136] C:\>> > I'm using a Digital Research Technologies ISA card with floppy > controller. The box says Super ISA Multi-I/O Controller. > A possible problem is that I am on an EVOC single board Pentium 4 > computer that is designed for USB floppy drives. > INT 13 sounds like a BIOS thing where the EVOC undoubtedly does NOT have the > traditional BIOS. > The EVOC is the FSC-1714VNA model. > My passive ISA/PCI PICMG 1.0 backplane is undocumented. It is an > HPP 14S. There are two jumpers on the backplane. One has been > changed which is near the ATX connector on the backplane, the other > appears to have something to do with the PCI bus. > The only format I have achieved is with a Teac USB floppy drive in > Windows Millenium, the ISA card not installed at all. > Can someone shed light some light on Error 136 and DMA troubles? Hallo Herr FreeDOS., Mit freundlichen Grüßen / with kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] floppy drive won't format disk...
Hi Michael, > Research suggests that ACPI breaks ISA floppy in Windows XP Unlikely, if you ask me? > Under Advanced -> SuperIO Configuration > > OnBoard Floppy Controller Disabled > Floppy Drive Swap Disabled You should probably enable your floppy controller again ;-) Eric ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] floppy drive won't format disk...
The BIOS option is for a USB floppy drive. I'm actually running a real floppy controller as mentioned. I don't think this will work period because the BIOS on the Evoc isn't designed for a real floppy controller. As far as USB floppy, that may or may not work in Windows XP and higher. They definitely don't work in Windows 10. March 12, 2020 7:14 AM, "Eric Auer" wrote: > Hi Michael, > >> Research suggests that ACPI breaks ISA floppy in Windows XP > > Unlikely, if you ask me? > >> Under Advanced -> SuperIO Configuration >> >> OnBoard Floppy Controller Disabled >> Floppy Drive Swap Disabled > > You should probably enable your floppy controller again ;-) > > Eric > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] floppy drive won't format disk...
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 4:24 PM wrote: > As far as USB floppy, that may or may not work in Windows XP and higher. > They definitely don't work in Windows 10. You have a problem USB floppy drive or a problem Win10 installation, or both. I have a NEC USB 3.5" floppy drive that works just fine plugged into a USB hub on my HP Core i5 desktop running Win10 Pro. It worked on a previous Win10 Pro machine upgraded from Win7 Pro, and on Win7 Pro before that. (And I recall it working on an old Acer notebook dual-booting WinXP Hop0me and Lubuntu Linux, but I'm not dragging that pout now to test.) __ Dennis ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
