On 2010/05/14 00:49 (GMT+0200) Eric Auer composed:
> ...without LBA,
> partitions must be in the first 1024 cyl (8 GB) of
> the disk, but the "small FAT16" partition type and
> FAT12 partition type are NOT available with LBA:
That probably depends on the kernel.
> 01 FAT12 (not recommended for h
One important thing to try is to format a small partition. Some BIOs
don't work well with big disks...
alain
Em 13-05-2010 14:47, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros escreveu:
>> Alain wrote:
>> First try this:
>> Boot from a Freedos floppy,
>> FDISK /MBR
>>
Em 13-05-2010 10:49, dos386 escreveu:
>
> Or copy files manually after brewing the FS and finally fire SYS.COM
> to activate the kernel.
No, never copy manualy, that is only for (very) advanced users. SYS.COM
is very important and is working just fine
Alain
Hi Marcos,
>> FDISK /MBR
>> FORMAT C: /S /U
> Win98? Default BPB *FAT1x* 1024 sectors/FAT, 512 root size, FAT32 Forced.
> Access Denied! LOCK problem? Aborting.
> [Error 55]
With 1024 sectors per FAT you would have 256*1024
clusters, very im-plausible. Remember that FORMAT
12-May-2010 числа в 23:23 часов, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros
написал(а) следующее:
> I'm trying to reformat for FreeDOS a 6 GB hard drive that previously
> had Windows 98.
>
> After running Fdisk to create three 2 GB partitions and make one
> bootable, I ran Format, but it gave the error mes
> Alain wrote:
> First try this:
> Boot from a Freedos floppy,
> FDISK /MBR
> FORMAT C: /S /U
> this should put your partition in shape :)
Tried three times ... result only slightly better than yesterday.
Error message today:
Win98? Default BPB *F
> /U is unconditional, it will test all and take a lng time
I haven't tried "/U" on HD yet (works for floppy).
> /S is to copy the system (freedos)
Or copy files manually after brewing the FS and finally fire SYS.COM
to activate the kernel.
--
~~~ wow ~~~
Sorry, in precious message should have sais
FORMAT C: /S /U
/S is to copy the system (freedos)
/U is unconditional, it will test all and take a lng time
alain
Em 12-05-2010 23:23, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros escreveu:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to reformat for FreeDOS a 6 GB hard drive that
First try this:
Boot from a Freedos floppy,
FDISK /MBR
FORMAT C: /U
this should put your partition in shape :)
Alain
Em 12-05-2010 23:23, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros escreveu:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to reformat for FreeDOS a 6 GB hard drive that
> previously had Windows 98.
>
> After running
Hi,
> > After running Fdisk to create three 2 GB partitions and make one
> > bootable, I ran Format, but it gave the error message:
> Works for me. In FreeDOS ? Did you reboot after FDISK ???
Yes.
> > Running CPB0.COM (Clear Pre Boot v. 1.00 [06-88]
> good (does it support LBA ???)
I don't kn
trying to reformat for FreeDOS a 6 GB hard drive that previously had Windows
:-)
> After running Fdisk to create three 2 GB partitions and make one
> bootable, I ran Format, but it gave the error message:
Works for me. In FreeDOS ? Did you reboot after FDISK ???
> Running CPB0.COM (Clear Pre Bo
Hi,
I'm trying to reformat for FreeDOS a 6 GB hard drive that
previously had Windows 98.
After running Fdisk to create three 2 GB partitions and make one
bootable, I ran Format, but it gave the error message:
-
Boot sect
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