You can format a hard disk as FAT 16 with Windows 98. When you partition
with fdisk, answer "No" at the first screen when you start fdisk and it
asks you if you want large disk support.
Ian McDermid wrote:
>
> Hi Ton
>
> Make sure you are using a DOS disk to format the drive **NOT** a Windows98 disk as
>it will format as FAT32 and syslinux.com will not work.
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ton Maree [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 3:33 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ShareTheNet] ShareTheNet machine to boot from a hard drive
>
> I want my ShareTheNet machine boot from a hard drive and not a floppy drive.
> I did the next steps (suggested from de "FAQ")
> 1. A:\>FORMAT C:
> 2. Copy all of the files from the ShareTheNet diskette to the root
> directory of the C: drive.
> 3. Create a c:\modules directory on the hard drive and copy the
> a:\modules files to it.
> 4. A:\>LOCK C:
> 5. a:\syslinux.com c:
> But after a while I get the message:
> .....................................
> VFS: Mounted root (minex filesystem)
> end_request I/O error, dev 02:00 sector 0
>
> I think the root on C:\ is "not mounted"
> the system still looks for the "ENVI" file etc. in de A: drive.
> when I put my diskette in the A: drive STN reed the rest of the files and
> startup.
>
> Has someone a suggestion ?
>
> Ton
>
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