Emx problems formating
2004-10-20 by nastysquirrels2000
I used emx version 1.1 and tried to format a ds/dd 3.5 floppy and it formats it but when it goes to write the os on the disk it errors at 98% completion. What should i do?
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Emx problems formating
Re: [emax] Emx problems formating
2004-10-20 by John Silveria
Are you in a DOS 6.22 or earlier enviroment? Preferably DOS 3.
On 20 Oct 2004 at 14:18, nastysquirrels2000 spoke unto me:
> I used emx version 1.1 and tried to format a ds/dd 3.5 floppy and it
> formats it but when it goes to write the os on the disk it errors at
> 98% completion. What should i do?
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http://www.silveriafamily.comRe: [emax] Emx problems formating
2004-10-21 by Brook Schafer
Im running windows xp. Im not sure what dos is? --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [emax] Emx problems formating
2004-10-21 by John Silveria
There is your problem. DOS is the operating system which most home PC's ran on until
Windows 95. Even early versions of Windows were actually just shells running on top of
DOS. It is a command line interface not unlike UNIX.
The problem you are facing (as I understand it) is that from Windows 95 forward
Microsoft's Operating Systems reserved certain sections of a disc's boot sector for it's
Operating Sytems to use. This means that EMX is not actually able to get access to
certain boot sectors to write data to them, which it must be able to do. Windows XP isn't
built upon a DOS platform at all.
In the files section there are a couple of alternative downloads you can try. There is a
file called CopyQm & ZD777 image Emax II 2.14 - CopyQM is a disk imager. Then there
are two different files that can create either a DOS 5 or DOS 6.22 boot disk. I'd try the
Copy QM version first as the other two might not work on your XP machine.
On 20 Oct 2004 at 20:41, Brook Schafer spoke unto me:
> Im running windows xp. Im not sure what dos is?
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http://www.silveriafamily.comRe: Emx problems formating
2004-10-21 by bass_krazy
That may or may not be the problem. I have had no luck with EMX or EMAXutil for writing disk. I went as far as installing a HD and formating a partition with DOS 6.22 (not download but actual disk). There is nothing on the drive but the utilities and their image files and it still has the can't find sector problem. Doesn't matter if I boot from that HD (other HD's disconnected)or the floppy. It actually looks to be based on the 3.5" 720k drive vs 3.5" 1.44m drive more than anything else. I have been trying to find one of the old 720k floppy drives to try. --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "John Silveria" <emaxjs@s...> wrote: > There is your problem. DOS is the operating system which most home PC's ran on until > Windows 95. Even early versions of Windows were actually just shells running on top of > DOS. It is a command line interface not unlike UNIX. > > The problem you are facing (as I understand it) is that from Windows 95 forward > Microsoft's Operating Systems reserved certain sections of a disc's boot sector for it's > Operating Sytems to use. This means that EMX is not actually able to get access to > certain boot sectors to write data to them, which it must be able to do. Windows XP isn't > built upon a DOS platform at all. > > In the files section there are a couple of alternative downloads you can try. There is a > file called CopyQm & ZD777 image Emax II 2.14 - CopyQM is a disk imager. Then there > are two different files that can create either a DOS 5 or DOS 6.22 boot disk. I'd try the > Copy QM version first as the other two might not work on your XP machine.
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> > > > On 20 Oct 2004 at 20:41, Brook Schafer spoke unto me: > > > Im running windows xp. Im not sure what dos is? > > -- > John Silveria II > AIM & Yahoo! Messenger: EmaxJS > MSN: emaxjs@h... > The Silveria Family Website & Emax and Emax II User's Group > http://www.silveriafamily.com
Re: [emax] Re: Emx problems formating
2004-10-21 by John Silveria
Oh yeah, I forgot about that problem, it's been so long. I do believe that newer 3.5 drives
are only compatible with HD disks. I believe the one in my computer doesn't even read
my old 720 k disks it says they aren't formatted. Sorry about that!
On 21 Oct 2004 at 14:02, bass_krazy spoke unto me:
> That may or may not be the problem.
> I have had no luck with EMX or EMAXutil for writing disk.
> I went as far as installing a HD and formating a partition with DOS
> 6.22 (not download but actual disk). There is nothing on the drive but
> the utilities and their image files and it still has the can't find
> sector problem. Doesn't matter if I boot from that HD (other HD's
> disconnected)or the floppy. It actually looks to be based on the 3.5"
> 720k drive vs 3.5" 1.44m drive more than anything else. I have been
> trying to find one of the old 720k floppy drives to try.
>
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> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "John Silveria" <emaxjs@s...> wrote: >
> There is your problem. DOS is the operating system which most home
> PC's ran on until > Windows 95. Even early versions of Windows were
> actually just shells running on top of > DOS. It is a command line
> interface not unlike UNIX. > > The problem you are facing (as I
> understand it) is that from Windows 95 forward > Microsoft's Operating
> Systems reserved certain sections of a disc's boot sector for it's >
> Operating Sytems to use. This means that EMX is not actually able to
> get access to > certain boot sectors to write data to them, which it
> must be able to do. Windows XP isn't > built upon a DOS platform at
> all. > > In the files section there are a couple of alternative
> downloads you can try. There is a > file called CopyQm & ZD777 image
> Emax II 2.14 - CopyQM is a disk imager. Then there > are two different
> files that can create either a DOS 5 or DOS 6.22 boot disk. I'd try
> the > Copy QM version first as the other two might not work on your XP
> machine. > > > > On 20 Oct 2004 at 20:41, Brook Schafer spoke unto me:
> > > > Im running windows xp. Im not sure what dos is? > > -- >
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