Farmall1938
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Hey all- I'm trying to install PC DOS 2.1 (and separately MS DOS 3.1) onto a couple 4.3 gig drives...... but I can't seem to get DOS to recognize the drives. The PC DOS 2.1 does not have fdisk, so I was trying the MS DOS 3.1 as it does have fdisk. I used windows95 fdisk to wipe all partitions from the drive. Then reboot with DOS 3.1 and fdisk - it sees the drive and allows me to make a DOS partition.....but not a very large one- I think it said 500-something cylinders to use...... which is fine- I realize the drive can only be 20 megs or something..... But when I go to format- it says Format error. Is this even possible to do ? I'd like to have several hard drives with the different versions of DOS on them, just for grins..... I also have q-dos and DOS 5.0 and DOS 6.22. which I'd like to do similarly. Any pointers would be appreciated !
Farmall1938
Various Pentium and older MB/cards/memory/etc....nothing built yet- 2) HP 9920/dual floppy/ winchester drive (used to be a Brunning CAD system) sort-of works......LOL
Farmall1938
Various Pentium and older MB/cards/memory/etc....nothing built yet- 2) HP 9920/dual floppy/ winchester drive (used to be a Brunning CAD system) sort-of works......LOL