Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-22 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Aleve Sicofante schreef op 22-4-2013 2:07: > Thanks Jeremy and thanks to Felix too. I think at this point I should > paint the whole picture, so you guys get a better idea. > > I bought a 2.5" drive enclosure from Zalman, the VE-300, that acts as > two devices in one: it shows itself to the system

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-22 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-04-22 21:39 (GMT+0200) Eric Auer composed: >> MiB cyl: * 64 32 (required for maximum performance for 4k sector aka >> "advanced format" HDs) > Why would 4k sector disks use any geometry at all? Disks don't "use" geometry. PC BIOS partition tables entries have multiple components. To con

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-22 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-04-22 12:36 (GMT-0700) Mark Brown composed: > the lowest-order operating system has to be installed first, Though it tends to make desired results more likely and/or easier, it certainly need not. http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/install-doz-after.html -- "The wise are known for their understand

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-22 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Felix, >> I created two PRIMARY partitions: a 39GB one and a 1GB one. I marked the >> second partition as Active... Note that because your partition starts after the first 8 GB, no matter which geometry you use, the partition can only be reached with LBA. So "FAT32 with LBA" would be a good p

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-22 Thread Mark Brown
the lowest-order operating system has to be installed first, unless i'm missing something here...   eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-22 Thread Aleve Sicofante
2013/4/22 Felix Miata > > On 2013-04-22 02:07 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > > > ...2.5" drive enclosure from Zalman, the VE-300... > > Is there any USB3 support in FreeDOS??? > > All my external backup cases except my oldest one include eSATA support. > eSATA is mostly all I ever use for

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-22 Thread Aleve Sicofante
2013/4/22 Felix Miata > also maybe influenced or caused by VE-300 emulation firmware > when using it > All tests were done with the disk OUT of the VE-300 case. -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable o

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-04-22 02:07 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > I created two PRIMARY partitions: a 39GB one and a 1GB one. I marked the > second partition as Active. I did all this using the tools provided in the > FreeDOS CD. After partitioning and rebooting, I proceeded with the > installation of Fr

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-04-22 02:07 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > ...2.5" drive enclosure from Zalman, the VE-300... Is there any USB3 support in FreeDOS??? All my external backup cases except my oldest one include eSATA support. eSATA is mostly all I ever use for external HDs. They're DOS bootable ex

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Aleve Sicofante
2013/4/21 Kenneth J. Davis > There are two different issues here. > 1) The hard drive's master boot record (MBR - 1st sector where the > partition table resides) must have bootable code installed. If you later > intend to boot an OS from the 1st partition then installing a boot manager > is a go

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Aleve Sicofante wrote: > > > 2013/4/21 Felix Miata > >> On 2013-04-21 18:19 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: >> >> > Felix Miata composed: >> >> >> Because the first isn't a bootable OS anyway, I would definitely >> choose #1, >> >> the simplest. If the OS tha

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-04-21 19:32 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > Felix Miata composed: >> On 2013-04-21 18:19 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: >> > Felix Miata composed: >> >> Because the first isn't a bootable OS anyway, I would definitely choose >> >> #1, >> >> the simplest. If the OS that nee

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Aleve Sicofante
2013/4/21 Felix Miata > On 2013-04-21 18:19 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > > > Felix Miata composed: > > >> Because the first isn't a bootable OS anyway, I would definitely choose > #1, > >> the simplest. If the OS that needs access to the first is old and > >> unsophisticated, another so

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-04-21 18:19 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > Felix Miata composed: >> Because the first isn't a bootable OS anyway, I would definitely choose #1, >> the simplest. If the OS that needs access to the first is old and >> unsophisticated, another solution might be needed for it to maint

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Aleve Sicofante
2013/4/21 Felix Miata > > On 2013-04-21 17:48 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > > > Thanks Felix, so it doesn't matter which choice I select in the last > > installation step? I'm referring to the last step you can see on this > > picture: > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/nfs

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-04-21 17:48 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > Thanks Felix, so it doesn't matter which choice I select in the last > installation step? I'm referring to the last step you can see on this > picture: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/nfs/project/f/fr/freedos/5/5b/Installhd

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Aleve Sicofante
2013/4/21 Felix Miata > On 2013-04-21 15:48 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > > > I have a single 40GB disk and I need its first partition for other > > purposes, so I want to install FreeDOS on the second partition of the > > disk (that's the last 1GB of the disk, BTW). The process seems to

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on the second partition of the disk

2013-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-04-21 15:48 (GMT+0200) Aleve Sicofante composed: > I have a single 40GB disk and I need its first partition for other > purposes, so I want to install FreeDOS on the second partition of the > disk (that's the last 1GB of the disk, BTW). The process seems to be > the same as if chose the fi