[Freedos-user] USB Drive Formatting
I am planning to install FreeDOS to an old Seagate disk drive that I converted to a USB drive by installing it into a Vantec NexStar3 NST-360U2-BK hard drive enclosure. As part of this installation process, I would like to format this USB-converted drive, but when I select that option, I get the following message: WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST! PLEASE CONFIRM! Proceed with format (YES/NO)? While I could easily choose to do so, I am concerned that I might end up erasing the wrong Drive C, i.e. the hard drive where my Linux installation is located. What I want to know is ... is this message referring to my USB-converted drive or the hard drive where my Linux installation is located? Arthur -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB Drive Formatting
On 2011/09/26 19:25 (GMT-0500) Arthur N. Dunning III composed: I am planning to install FreeDOS to an old Seagate disk drive that I converted to a USB drive by installing it into a Vantec NexStar3 NST-360U2-BK hard drive enclosure. What partitions are on it? Did you set the HD jumper appropriately for the NexStar before putting it in? As part of this installation process, I would like to format this USB-converted drive, but when I select that option, I get the following message: WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST! PLEASE CONFIRM! Proceed with format (YES/NO)? Option from where? What installation process? Normal procedure to format is to specify which drive to format, such as FORMAT C: /S. While I could easily choose to do so, I am concerned that I might end up erasing the wrong Drive C, i.e. the hard drive where my Linux installation is located. What I want to know is ... is this message referring to my USB-converted drive or the hard drive where my Linux installation is located? What does FDISK tell you about available partitions? You can't format partitions that don't exist or that the OS does not see. Just because you put a HD in a USB enclosure doesn't mean the OS found the device or any partitions it may have on it. The NexStar I have is pretty good at being ignored by the operating systems I've tried to use it with. -- 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/ -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB Drive Formatting
At 06:30 PM 9/26/2011, Arthur N. Dunning III wrote: A: I am referring to the options presented to me when I used the FreeDOS CD I made with the fbasecd.iso file I downloaded from the FreeDOS web site. I tried to install FreeDOS on my USB drive, but I did so without using the 'UNetbootin' software application ... with unpleasant consequences. Instead of installing FreeDOS on to my USB drive, I accidentally installed it onto the hard drive where Ubuntu is installed, making it necessary for me to reformat the whole thing and reinstall Linux. ... S: Just because you put a HD in a USB enclosure doesn't mean the OS found the device or any partitions it may have on it. A: Ubuntu 11.04 recognized my drive when I simply plugged it into one of my USB ports, but thanks for the information just the same. But you are not using Format in Ubuntu, you're trying to use it in FreeDOS and that simply does know squat about USB attached hard drives... Ralf -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB Drive Formatting
No worries on that score, Ralf. I got it all straightened out. I installed the other version of FreeDOS (fdbasews.iso) using 'UNetbootin' and got much better results. FreeDOS is now successfully installed on my USB drive with no apparent complications. On that note, I'd like to thank you and Felix for the information you gave me on this matter. It was very helpful. :) Arthur -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
