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 gets information about suggested FAT size from DOS (kernel) and that FAT16 partitions smaller than 32 MB have a different partition type byte than those larger than 32 MB and/or those in LBA... Talking about which, why only 6 MB for DOS? Are you trying to squeeze DOS in a hole between some already existing multi GB partitions? That should be avoided - better use a decent partitioning and resize tool (e.g. GPARTED, e.g. from a boot CD) to give DOS a FAT16 (or FAT32) LBA partition with a few dozen or even a few 100 MB size :-). Another important issue: You sometimes have to do a REBOOT after FDISK before you run FORMAT to make sure that DOS updates all calculations about what a good FAT size etc would be! Also, 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: 01 FAT12 (not recommended for harddisk) 04 FAT16 SMALL (max 32 MB, not recommended for harddisk) 05 extended 06 FAT16 (min 32 MB) 0b FAT32 0c FAT32 LBA *recommended* 0e FAT16 LBA (min 32 MB) *recommended* 0f extended LBA It also matters which kernel you use - FreeDOS kernels 2038 or maybe 2039 should work well. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
