I am having this problem after using the WIN98C floppy image fidsk program in order to format my Hard disk images with FAT32 I came across this problem in this pic I took.
Battler if you are seeing this please post on what I should do to fox this problem.
Fdisk just sets up the disks it doesn't make the disk bootable. (well technically it does since it writes the MBR)
You'll need to use the SYS command:
SYS C: will copy command.com io.sys and msdos.sys to the HD
How do I do that?
By running "sys c:" after booting from the floppy disk.
Do I do
A:/sys c:"? After i partition my C drive?
Yes "a:\sys c:" will work. So will "format c: /s". In fact on a fresh partitioned hard disk you have to format before you can do "sys c:".
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Yeah thank you
But I have a problem in my way when on 86box after I make my Fat32 partition and it's ready to format my Hard disk image I get this "Missing operating system." is there a way to fix this?
Can you post a screenshot to understand the sequence of events leading to the error message?
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Here is what happened.
I'll tell more in my next post.
1. Mount hard disk image;
2. Partition it with FDISK;
3. Reboot;
4. FORMAT C: /S;
5. Remove floppy and reboot from the hard disk image.
Also preferably disable the network BIOS, as it might mess with booting.
Where do I find the network bios?
Some network cards have a specific ability to boot from a drive stored elsewhere on the network, but I doubt that is a feature supported by 86box. So, don't worry about the "network bios".
wrote:1. Mount hard disk image; 2. Partition it with FDISK; 3. Reboot; 4. FORMAT C: /S; 5. Remove floppy and reboot from the hard disk […]
1. Mount hard disk image;
2. Partition it with FDISK;
3. Reboot;
4. FORMAT C: /S;
5. Remove floppy and reboot from the hard disk image.Also preferably disable the network BIOS, as it might mess with booting.
How was a suppose to reboot it again? Like a hard rest not a soft one?
Why don't you try it and find out?
If you're worried about messing up the hard drive image you're using with 86box, then just make a backup first.
wrote:Some network cards have a specific ability to boot from a drive stored elsewhere on the network, but I doubt that is a feature supported by 86box. So, don't worry about the "network bios".
86Box does support booting from the network, and one of his screenshots clearly shows the IPXE BIOS loaded, and I know for a fact it has a risk of making hard disks unbootable on 86Box, hence why suggested he turns it off.
Okay, fair enough – but then the question remains, how do you do that?
Well I solved the problem all I had to do is disable the serial ports in the BIOS. And I have one problem 86box is not detecting my host CD drive.
- Jorpho: Configuration window, "Configure..." button next to the network card combo box, set Network BIOS to Disabled.
