First post, by geiger9
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This machine is a Zenith 386SX with onboard IDE controller. I want this machine to work with a compact flash card so I'm trying to make the XTIDE Universal Bios (XUB) work.
I downloaded the 8kb prebuilt binary for a 386, concatenated it x4 to make it 32kb, used the XTIDECFG command on the target machine, loaded that BIOS, hit auto config, then save. Then I burnt that ROM to an EEPROM and stuck it in my NIC. When I first turn the machine on, it appears to hang - just a flashing cursor. I have to press ctrl+alt+enter and then this appears.
If I type "setup" I access the stock BIOS. Picture below if it is relevant. There is no indication that this was made by AMI or Phoenix. Ignore where it defines the HDD because this was an old picture. When I am using the XUB I have the HDD type set to none.
Once I exit the setup the system reboots and only then will the XUB kick in. However it gives me this. Weird that it recognizes the CF card as the slave drive. The jumper is not on the adapter so that means it should be master.
If I try and connect the original 40MB Conner drive that came with this thing, the XUB recognizes it as the master drive but it fails to load the OS. I should have taken a picture but I'm pretty sure the error said "missing operating system". This drive does indeed work
With the CF card connected I was able to boot from a floppy and install DOS 6.22 without any issue.
Any idea what's up with this "j" error? I have tried both the small and large binary and both have the same issue.