Jim Hall wrote: > >> 5. SYS C: /FORCE:CHS > >> > >> > >> And that boots without problem on the Pocket386! > >> > >> > >> Also: you asked about FDISK /XO output. It reports "W95B INT LBA > >> FAT32" in the upper left corner. This is running FDISK 1.3.15.
E. C. Masloch wrote: > To Jim: Are you sure you ran FDISK /XO on the Pocket386 system? If FDISK > says it detects LBA there but the LBA loader from FreeDOS doesn't work > that'd be quite the bug. Definitely I'm seeing "W95B INT LBA FAT32" when running FDISK /xo on the Pocket386. I can't send photos to the email list, but I'll send an off-list email to you and Bernd with a photo. [..] > If it really turns out that FDISK /XO detected LBA support *on the > Pocket386* but the LBA loader fails, I could cough up some debugging > hints as to how to install bootable lDebug on the system then debug the > failing loader. For instance: > > 1. Rename kernel.sys to fdkernel.sys (exact name doesn't matter) > 2. Copy ldebug.com to working drive (using CHS loader) as kernel.sys > 3. Boot lDebug > 4. Boot FreeDOS using "BOOT PROTOCOL FREEDOS fdkernel.sys" then "Q" > 5. Write loader to file: "SYS C: /BOOTONLY /FORCE:LBA BOOTSECT.DOS" > 6. Reboot into lDebug > 7. Try "BOOT PROTOCOL CHAIN" and then trace the loader > > You could install the FAT32+FSIBOOT loader for lDebug as well but when > you already have a working boot loader then this would just be the > possible cause of more headaches. Not impossible, but not worth it > probably. As I have oft repeated lDebug can be loaded as a number of > kernel formats, most recently including the FreeDOS and the original > Enhanced DR-DOS (v7.01.07) kernel load formats. > > I will advertise the lDOS FAT32 loader more in another subsequent email. > I'm happy to do any debugging you need on this device. I bought this so I could experiment with it - so I don't mind reinstalling the system, running debugging tools, or doing whatever we need to get more info about it. _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
