Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

A 1.44MB 3.5” DS HD floppy disk is 1,474,560 bytes when formatted. (2MB unformatted) It used 512 byte sectors, 18 sectors per track, 80 tracks per side and is/was a two sided media. 512 * 18 * 80 * 2 = 1474560 / 1024 = 1.44MB floppy. More information on this can be found at

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

Exactly Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Felix Miata Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:56 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

Thanks. I'll try diskcopy. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Rugxulo Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 12:49 AM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user]

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

I was just trying to simply copy it. I get an insufficient space message.

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

> On Mar 23, 2017, at 11:56 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > > I just looked inside http://www.freedos.org/download/download/FD12FLOPPY.zip > "boot floppy", and a 3.5" 1.44M floppy. My floppy has 1457664 total bytes, > 2847 > 512 byte sectors. The image downloaded is 1474560

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

Thanks. I'll try. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Jerome Shidel Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 7:17 AM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

Thanks

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

Hi Felix and Dennis, > I just looked inside http://www.freedos.org/download/download/FD12FLOPPY.zip > "boot floppy", and a 3.5" 1.44M floppy. My floppy has 1457664 total bytes, > 2847 > 512 byte sectors. The image downloaded is 1474560 bytes, so the downloaded > image > would not fit here

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

On 3/24/2017 5:42 AM, Dennis Fenton wrote: I was just trying to simply copy it. I get an insufficient space message. That is to be expected. A disk image is exactly that, a sector by sector image of EVERY sector on the disk. That includes those of the boot sector (includes the BPB-BIOS

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

On 3/23/2017 9:47 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: It is possible to format a floppy a bit over size. Most drives will accommodate 2 to 4 extra tracks. Depending on the drive and the controller it's possible to alter the number of sectors per track, but all tracks must have the same number of

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

I downloaded and installed WinImage 9.0 on my win98 computer. It has a floppy drive. I successfully wrote the img file to a floppy.Another issue occurred to me. My cd-rom drive is a SCSI external type.The new

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

Hi Dennis, > I downloaded and installed WinImage 9.0 on my win98 computer. It has a > floppy drive. I successfully wrote the img file to a floppy. > Another issue occurred to me. My cd-rom drive is a SCSI external type. That might be a problem, depending on your SCSI controller and whether it

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If you already have Windows 98 SE, you have DOS 7.1. I prefer it to FreeDOS because of better documentation. Ira irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Dennis Fenton wrote: > Thanks Eric. > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

Check! Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Eric Auer Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 5:41 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big

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Also, I'm curious. The 486 is not my main computer. It is a hobby project. While I would be disappointed is anything was lost in the transition, it wouldn't be the end of the world. I'm taking a break now. Please don't be offended if you post something and I don't respond immediately. I will

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

I want the fat32 in order to see drives and files on my win98 computer if I use Laplink. I was also hoping FreeDOS will do a better job of getting Arachne online. It reports low memory with MS-DOS. I have run memmaker several times. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.  

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Hi Dennis, > The 486 that I plan to use FreeDOS on currently‎ has MS-DOS 6.22 as > its only OS. My plan is to completely replace it but keep all my > installed programs. The SCSI drivers are all in C:\SCSI and I notice > FreeDOS has its own equivalent of MSCDEX.EXE. Well in that case, you can

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

> On Mar 24, 2017, at 6:40 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Dennis, > >> The 486 that I plan to use FreeDOS on currently‎ has MS-DOS 6.22 as >> its only OS. My plan is to completely replace it but keep all my >> installed programs. The SCSI drivers are all in C:\SCSI and I

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

A backup on the same disk but different partitions does not really help you if things go really wrong, but as you say, data loss would be no real problem for you... You should probably backup at least the DOS SCSI drivers though ;-) Jerome also mentioned the drivers as being the most backup

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

Hi, On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Dennis Fenton wrote: > > The 486 that I plan to use FreeDOS on currently‎ has MS-DOS 6.22 as its only > OS. > My plan is to completely replace it but keep all my installed programs. The > SCSI > drivers are all in C:\SCSI and I notice

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

On 3/24/2017 4:36 PM, Dennis Fenton wrote: > I want the fat32 in order to see drives and files on my win98 computer if I > use Laplink. I was also hoping FreeDOS will do a better job of getting > Arachne online. It reports low memory with MS-DOS. I have run memmaker > several times. Using FAT32

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

My internal hard drive is partitioned into C and D drives. The entire contents of the C:\DOS directory is backed up on drive D. I also have an MS-DOS boot disk that includes my current autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original

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Don't need a network card with a dial-up modem. As for packet driver, Arachne comes with some. I am definately willing to try other browsers. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Rugxulo Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 6:44 PM To: Discussion and