Bernkastel7734 wrote on 2022-11-23, 16:47:
The problem is that the laptop came with broken FDD as well. But tried to use bios autodetection, IDEINFO and WHATIDE and they all gave the same values, on other system of course.
Can't you simply fix the floppy drive? How is it broken?
Seriously, the least stressful method is using a bootable DOS floppy and running FDISK/FORMAT.
The problem is the BIOS here. Using a different computer/BIOS to partition/format a HDD hardly works.
- The overlay trick *may* work, because it's directly installed in the beginning of the boot track.
However, using LBA is not expected below ~500 MB.
Not sure if the overlay will work with so little capacity.
The highest chance to get it to work is to make sure both PCs use exactly same BIOS.
If that's not possible, the manufacturer/type should be at least the same.
If your 386 has AMI BIOS, the new PC should have AMI BIOS, too.
Otherwise, a different drive geometry will be used.
Even if the values for C/H/S are exactly the same.
If you can't afford another PC with a matching BIOS, you cam try to use PCem/86Box.
They have machine settings for AMI BIOS, AWARD BIOS, etc.
By using Win32 Disk Imager, you can read/write binary images.
Use the image with the emulators, then write it onto the CF card.
- Be careful, though. The CF could be corrupted, at worst case.
Better make an image (read) first, then use that freshly created file for the PC emulator (FDISK/FORMAT, install DOS). Then write it back (write) to the CF.
That way, the CF card won't be overwritten too much.
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