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

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

2013-04-21 Thread Aleve Sicofante
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 first partition, but when I'm finished, FreeDOS won't boot. It will