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FreeDOS fdisk command

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First post, by fractal5

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Look at this manual: http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/base/fdisk.htm

Does it really take no arguments?

" (no options) Runs in interactive mode."

However when I run this program, having just booted from my FreeDOS boot floppy disk, I get the error:

"Invalid drive designation...Operation Terminated."

Note that I get this error even though I can do "dir" and interact with the file system on both C: and A:. It also does not matter if I have changed to C: or A: before I type the command. The program also does not seem to accept any arguments on the form: "fdisk c:" or "fdisk c", if I try these commands I get "<c:> should start with '-' or '/'; terminated" and "<c> should be a digit; terminated", respectively.

I can also format C:, with no errors.

What is wrong here? How do I use FreeDOS's version of fdisk?

Reply 1 of 2, by pewpewpew

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Quick test using my old (c.2005) All In One Boot Floppy. FreeDOS command "fdisk" works fine and normally, but only if run from A:\TOOLS.

Anywhere else gives this error: bad command or filename - "fdisk"

Reply 2 of 2, by fractal5

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pewpewpew wrote:

Quick test using my old (c.2005) All In One Boot Floppy. FreeDOS command "fdisk" works fine and normally, but only if run from A:\TOOLS.

Anywhere else gives this error: bad command or filename - "fdisk"

Thanks for the test, the last error is just because you don't have a:\tools in your path though.