On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:16:00 CST, Jim Lilly wrote:
If I remember correctly, FAT32 volumes must be at least 128 MB in size.
Where might I read up on that info?
Microsoft have stated that the minimum is even 256 MB (in
Luchezar,
In any case, ZIP disks must be formatted with FAT16 and nothing else.
Yep, just had the link to Iomega stating that sent to me.
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Hi!
12--2004 21:08 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Lilly) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Arkady V.Belousov:
JL I tried the only updating the boot sector using FreeDOS' SYS and got;
JL D:\Download\FreeDOSsys X: BOOTONLY
JL FreeDOS System Installer v2.9, Sep 24 2003
JL Processing boot sector...
JL Reading old
Hi!
12--2004 20:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Lilly) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Arkady V.Belousov:
This is FAT16, so FAT size here should be 190 sectors.
JL Hmmm, THAT particular disk should have been FAT32or I got confused.
This disk (with such clusters count) can't be FAT32.
Under
Arkady,
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K379136B7
Should I format my Jaz or Zip disk with FAT32?
Answer
Iomega® does not support nor recommend the use of FAT32 formatting
with Zip® or Jaz® disks.
Warning: Data integrity maybe an issue using FAT32 formatting. Iomega
recommends formatting
Arkady,
- v2.9 is outdated (old kernel).
Might be, but it's what's on.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/beta
9rc4/fdbootcd.zip
Also note; THAT CD of FreeDOS did NOT 'see' anything but the CDROM Floppy
drivesno ZIP, no HD.
- You can't use SYS
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:24:58 CST, Jim Lilly wrote:
I've found FreeDOS hangs in booting off a ZIP 100 IDE disk formatted
FAT32, but boots fine off another ZIP disk formatted as FAT.
If I remember correctly, FAT32 volumes must be at least 128 MB in size.
Lucho
All,
What needs to be tested in the areas of FAT32 SYS booting code?
I've found FreeDOS hangs in booting off a ZIP 100 IDE disk formatted
FAT32, but boots fine off another ZIP disk formatted as FAT.
I'm NOT a programmer, but am looking to help in testing.
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Hi!
12--2004 15:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Lilly) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
JL What needs to be tested in the areas of FAT32 SYS booting code?
JL I've found FreeDOS hangs in booting off a ZIP 100 IDE disk formatted
JL FAT32, but boots fine off another ZIP disk formatted as FAT.
Get
Eric,
inline for easier discussion
Also, per your request I try copybs;
could you try with COPYBS from the SYSLINUX package?
Whether the ZIP disk is FAT -or- FAT32 formatted, I get;
D:\Downloadcopybs X: logfile.txt
ERROR: Boot sector read failed
I tried two different ZIP 100 disks, one
Arkady,
This is FAT16, so FAT size here should
be 190 sectors.
Hmmm, THAT particular disk should have been FAT32or I got confused.
Under which OS you run BOOTFIX?
WinXP Pro, and it's HD is NTFSfwiw.
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Jim Lilly - Team Z
Arkady,
Yes, something is wrong.
I tried the only updating the boot sector using FreeDOS' SYS and got;
D:\Download\FreeDOSsys X: BOOTONLY
FreeDOS System Installer v2.9, Sep 24 2003
Processing boot sector...
Reading old bootsector from drive X:
Divide overflow
WinXP throws up an error
Arkady,
In prior message, ZIP disk was formatted FAT. Tried again with one as
FAT32 get same message.
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Hi Jim,
Yes, something is wrong.
I tried the only updating the boot sector using FreeDOS' SYS and got;
D:\Download\FreeDOSsys X: BOOTONLY
FreeDOS System Installer v2.9, Sep 24 2003
Processing boot sector...
Reading old bootsector from drive X:
Divide overflow
WinXP throws up an error message
Steve,
You really should be doing all of this stuff from a successful boot of some
stable DOS system ... and definitely outside of Windows XP.
That's for tomorrow morning, I'm getting ready to hit the sack. But I did want
to try several approaches from within WinXP first, as your new tool
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