Re: [Freedos-user] formatting floppies...
Dave dunfield has a floppy controller tester. Download here < http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/testfdc.zip> -L On Monday, November 11, 2013, Mark Brown wrote: > new floppy drives, new diskettes, everything there *is* okay. > old floppy drive yields same results. > everything in the computer won't recognize second floppy drive on this > system. > > everything "clicks" right, and is right, under ms-dos, except recognizing > second floppy drive, > but > error 192 occurs every time i attempt to format a floppy under freedos. > > it'll take me a time to try different stuff. > please feel free to suggest things, > but i think this is an optiplex 280 thing. > > > > eufdp...@yahoo.com > eufdp...@yahoo.com > eufdp...@yahoo.com > eufdp...@yahoo.com > eufdp...@yahoo.com > > -- November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] formatting floppies...
Dave dunfield has a floppy controller On Monday, November 11, 2013, Mark Brown wrote: > new floppy drives, new diskettes, everything there *is* okay. > old floppy drive yields same results. > everything in the computer won't recognize second floppy drive on this > system. > > everything "clicks" right, and is right, under ms-dos, except recognizing > second floppy drive, > but > error 192 occurs every time i attempt to format a floppy under freedos. > > it'll take me a time to try different stuff. > please feel free to suggest things, > but i think this is an optiplex 280 thing. > > > > eufdp...@yahoo.com > eufdp...@yahoo.com > eufdp...@yahoo.com > eufdp...@yahoo.com > eufdp...@yahoo.com > > -- November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] formatting floppies...
new floppy drives, new diskettes, everything there *is* okay. old floppy drive yields same results. everything in the computer won't recognize second floppy drive on this system. everything "clicks" right, and is right, under ms-dos, except recognizing second floppy drive, but error 192 occurs every time i attempt to format a floppy under freedos. it'll take me a time to try different stuff. please feel free to suggest things, but i think this is an optiplex 280 thing. eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com -- November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] formatting floppies
On 2013-11-10 09:07 (GMT-0800) Mark Brown composed: > i have a dell optiplex gx280. > first i found it doesn't support 2 floppys, only 1. fine. > now, however, 1.44 mb diskettes format fine with ms-dos 6.22, > but freedos trying to format them says: > """ > # Boot sector unreadable, disk not yet formatted > Treating int 13.8 drive type 0x0 as 1440k > Using drive default 1440k ( Cyl=80 Head=2 Sec=18 ) > Cannot find existing format - forcing full format > Please enter volume label (max. 11 chars): > Full Formatting (wiping all data) > Format_Floppy_Cylinder ( head=0 cylinder=0 ) sectors=18 [int 13.5] > Critical error during INT disk access > INT 13 status (hex): 40 > Bits: seek operation failed > Description: seek failed > Program Terminated > [Error 192] > """ > Does anyone know how to make FreeDOS format floppies on this? > Again, MS-DOS does just fine, but FreeDOS forces the 13 messages above. > then quits! > this is a user and a development question. > If any one can shed light on it it'd be nice. Optiplex floppy drives I've come across seem to be efficient dust collectors. Have you tried cleaning yours? Do you have another floppy drive you could temporarily substitute? It need not be "installed", but merely connected. How many different floppy discs did you try? In this day and age, floppies tend to be rather old, and less reliable than they were 2-3 decades ago. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
