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MS-DOS doesnt support SATA ? isn't it ?
so im using FreeDOS ,
how to create a free DOS boot disc with format,fdisk etc commands and SmartDrive
to XP start setup directly frm HDD
---to avoid istalling frm CD and do it frm HDD --might speedup installation, ?
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Posted 23 October 2005 - 08:20 AM
Innocent Devil, on Oct 23 2005, 07:57 AM, said:
MS-DOS doesnt support SATA ? isn't it ?
Did you actually TRY it?
Read here:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=55456
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Posted 23 October 2005 - 09:02 AM
Oh Yes
i hav SATA-I HDD
in that 1 partition is FAT32 --remaining 4 are NTFS
by booting frm FreeDOS floppy it mounted the FAT32 partition as C:\
i can access it with R/W support
but only in 8.3 format
i hav SATA-I HDD
in that 1 partition is FAT32 --remaining 4 are NTFS
by booting frm FreeDOS floppy it mounted the FAT32 partition as C:\
i can access it with R/W support
but only in 8.3 format
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 06:19 AM
On both MS-DOS and FREEDOS, you need a Long File Name TSR:
http://wiki.fdos.org...n/LongFileNames
http://www.geocities.../jadoxa/doslfn/
Latest release and patches for freedos can be found on the home page:
http://www.freedos.org/
http://www.free.oszo...g/download.html
Also latest version of DRDOS/OPENDOS:
http://www.drdosprojects.de/
should be FAT32 and LFN compatible.
jaclaz
http://wiki.fdos.org...n/LongFileNames
http://www.geocities.../jadoxa/doslfn/
Latest release and patches for freedos can be found on the home page:
http://www.freedos.org/
http://www.free.oszo...g/download.html
Also latest version of DRDOS/OPENDOS:
http://www.drdosprojects.de/
should be FAT32 and LFN compatible.
jaclaz
This post has been edited by jaclaz: 24 October 2005 - 06:21 AM
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