Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-16 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Eric, >>> 5. SYS B: C: /oem:ms (it says "system transferred") > > Which it probably did... Yes, but there's obviously some major problems with this. To be fair, it's probably unreasonable to expect FreeDOS to be able to install an MS-DOS 6.22 boot sector from a FAT12 floppy to a FAT16 parti

Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-16 Thread Eric Auer
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Johnson Lam wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:41:13 +0100, you wrote: >> 5. SYS B: C: /oem:ms (it says "system transferred") Which it probably did... >> When I reboot with the C drive marked Active I get two dots on a black >> screen and a flashing cursor, that wasn't expecte

Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-15 Thread Johnson Lam
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:41:13 +0100, you wrote: Hi, >5. SYS B: C: /oem:ms (it says "system transferred") > >When I reboot with the C drive marked Active I get two dots on a black >screen and a flashing cursor, that wasn't expected... I suggest SYS should check the target to see it's "bootable" o

Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-15 Thread Gerry Hickman
Gerry Hickman wrote: > OK, I guess I could use a FAT16 partition instead; if I do this, is > there some way to install the DOS 6.22 boot sector to C: without > actually inserting a floppy? e.g. read the saved boot sector from somewhere? OK, I tried it with a FAT16 partition 1. FDISK /PRIO:2000

Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-13 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Jeremy, > Based on your other message and this one; I never got around to writing > the FAT32 boot sector, so at the moment MS/PC DOS are only supported by > FD sys for FAT12 and FAT16 hence your problems. OK, I guess I could use a FAT16 partition instead; if I do this, is there some way to

Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-12 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
Gerry Hickman wrote: >>So I should have issued >> >>SYS B: C: >> >>It probably still won't work, but at least I'll be using the correct >>command. > > > OK, this time it found the MS-DOS boot sector on the floppy and said > something like "MS boot sector not supported":( > Based on your othe

Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-12 Thread Gerry Hickman
> So I should have issued > > SYS B: C: > > It probably still won't work, but at least I'll be using the correct > command. OK, this time it found the MS-DOS boot sector on the floppy and said something like "MS boot sector not supported":( -- Gerry Hickman (London UK) ___

Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-11 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Jeremy, You made me spot a fatal mistake in what I did! I was thinking my floppy drive was A: - but it wasn't. As I said in my post, I was booting FreeDOS from CD-ROM, but that means A: is the emulation session of the CD-ROM, _not_ the floppy (duh!), the floppy (containing MD-DOS 6.22) woul

Re: [Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-09 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
Gerry Hickman wrote: > Hi, > > Today I did this from a FreeDOS bootable CD; > > 1. Use FDISK to delete all primary partitions, but leave MBR > 2. FDISK /PRI:2000 (2Gb FAT32 Ext13) > 3. FDISK /Activate:1 (boot to first primary at next HD reboot) > 3. FORMAT C: > > I now have an empty working C

[Freedos-user] SYS A: C:

2006-06-09 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi, Today I did this from a FreeDOS bootable CD; 1. Use FDISK to delete all primary partitions, but leave MBR 2. FDISK /PRI:2000 (2Gb FAT32 Ext13) 3. FDISK /Activate:1 (boot to first primary at next HD reboot) 3. FORMAT C: I now have an empty working C: drive with FreeDOS boot sector I insert