> On Jun 6, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > > let me summarize: You can fdisk, format and use 100 GB FAT32 LBA > partitions using a certain (which?) version of a non-8086, e.g. > 386 optimized kernel of FreeDOS. However, doing the same on some > (which?) kernel which is trying to support 8086, you fail to use > FORMAT on said, probably FAT32 LBA, partition? I assume you did > use an 8086 kernel with FAT32 support compiled in? If not, you > should have gotten a warning from FDISK that FAT32 partitions > are not supported by that kernel. > >> Boot LiveCD (Kernel386), run FDISK create 100Gb, partition, >> reboot, format, All is good. Boot Floppy Edition, >> dir C:, invalid drive. > > What does the floppy (8086 compatible) edition kernel say at boot? > >> Boot Floppy Edition (Kernel86), run FDISK create 502mb, partition, >> reboot, format, all is good. A-Ok. > > FAT16 or FAT32? LBA or CHS?
User created FAT16 502mb My test in VirtualBox had fdisk told “y” to large disk support. Only specified 500mb of drive And not Fat type. > >> So, I guess it is either be design that larger partitions do not >> work on the 16bit kernel or a bug somewhere in the kernel, fdisk, >> format chain. > > You need to be A LOT more specific about the context of the problem. > At least do mention the version numbers of kernel, fdisk and format! Current versions > > Eric > > PS: Please report WHICHFAT C: and WHICHFAT output for all kernels: > http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/specials/whichfat.zip > > PPS: Thanks for the mirroring! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
