[Freedos-user] rawrite 32bit software ?

[Markus Maussner]

hi

i tried to installed an image with
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/beta9sr1/rawrite.exe

but after pressing return the pc allways freze.
the pc is a 80286 system with dos 3.2 installed.

thanks for any tips

tassilo

[Bernd Blaauw]

Post by Markus Maussner
i tried to installed an image with
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/beta9sr1/rawrite.exe
but after pressing return the pc allways freze.
the pc is a 80286 system with dos 3.2 installed.

FreeDOS Diskcopy should have disk image support.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/diskcopy/dskcp094.zip

Post by Markus Maussner
tassilo

let us know if it works, it's always interesting to see if
files/programs work properly on ancient computers :)

Bernd

[Markus Maussner]

Post by Bernd Blaauw

i tried to installed an image with rawrite.exe
but after pressing return the pc allways freze.
the pc is a 80286 system with dos 3.2 installed.

let us know if it works, it's always interesting to see if
files/programs work properly on ancient computers :)

no, diskcopy just gives me a "division by zero" ...
other programs runs just fine on the pc (at least the few i still had on
diskets)
could it be, that the problem is dos 3.2? or maybe the 80287? i am
thinking of removing the co-processor and try it again.. at the other
side non of the other programs would run if theres a problem.
..i wish i could just plug in a 3,5" dirve as a and then boot odin or
something familiar...

thanks

tassilo

[Markus Maussner]

Hi

Post by Markus Maussner
no, diskcopy just gives me a "division by zero" ...
other programs runs just fine on the pc (at least the few i still had
on diskets)

one i found that also gives me a "division by zero".. when i try to
format a disket.
the original dos 3.2 fromat just quits on me..

tassilo

[CC cc]

I recommend this rawrite:
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm

Post by Markus Maussner
Hi

Post by Markus Maussner
no, diskcopy just gives me a "division by zero" ...
other programs runs just fine on the pc (at least the few i still had
on diskets)

one i found that also gives me a "division by zero".. when i try to
format a disket.
the original dos 3.2 fromat just quits on me..
tassilo
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[Markus Maussner]

Hello

Post by Bernd Blaauw
let us know if it works, it's always interesting to see if
files/programs work properly on ancient computers :)

Yes it worked. i think dos 3.2 is to blame. i tried to boot my old dos
and got on every pc the same results.
after swapping hd's i was able to install odin on it and placed it back
in my 286 and it boots freedos without any problems.
(also rawrite works (wich was the origin of all of this))

But one last question i have. i cant format any partitions bigger than
20 meg. i allways thought the "magic" number was 32 meg. well in the pc
is a 50 meg hdd and if i create a 50 meg primary partition i get a
"theres an error with the first 5 sectors" and format stops.
reducing the partition to 45,40, 32 etc allways the same error. just
with a 20 meg partition it gets formated without any complaints.
its not importand to me at all to have 20 or 50 megs, i just boot from
the disk and have a few utils there the rest gets mapped thru network. i
am just curious .. so the first 5 sectors are different if a partition
is 20 meg size or 50 ? i allways thought the start at 0 and then go on...

have a nice day

tassilo