First post, by ifkz
So, I got the Toshiba gas-plasma bug a few months ago with my earlier T3100; this T5100 came from ebay with a dead hard drive, now replaced with a much later 6GB IDE WD drive.
First off, I am unsure of the proper BIOS setup. The system was upgraded and comes with 4096KB of RAM, enough to possibly run Doom, though this is a 386 SX 16Mhz CPU. I am sure it will run Wolf 3D just fine and that's my first gaming goal.
I have Hard Disk Type options of 6, 7,8, & 9. I selected 9 which is 100MB.
Memory Size defaults:
System: 640KB
Extended: 0MB
Expanded: 3MB + 256KB fast boot
I can change these values around
System: 640KB
Extended: .5MB, 1MB, 1.5MB, 2MB, 2.5MB, & 3MB (+384KB)
Expanded: 0MB + (384KB)
Memory settings are auto detected on my other hardware, so I am a bit lost.
Secondly, booting from a DOS 6.22 boot floppy, using fdisk the normal way, formatting everything works fine. My problem is at the end of the installation, it attempts to write COMMAND.COM and errors out. An fdisk, format c: /s finishes fine but refuses to boot to C:\> at a cold start. The partition is startable, of course.
Is the answer a drive overlay? I have had bad luck with these (I remember ruining a hard disk with one in the late 1990's), but if it is the only solution I'll risk it. Any tutorials?