On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:56:08 +0300, you wrote: Hi Lucho,
>So BIOS uses some CHS translation mechanism here. What BIOS >brand/version/date you have? Acer Altos 300B (fade out model, 233MHz) I picked up our customer throw away PC for FreeDOS testing, it's USB totally sucks, almost all drivers failed. I work for PC hardware since IBM PC was born. I learn too much program incompatible to some kind of hardware (especially Japan PC-9801 series). So being a programmer is tough. >> LBA support Yes 3098.8MB of LBA addressable 3098.8MB in CHS mode >What a pity that your BIOS can't use LBA mode! Or can it? Nothing to choose, just AUTO or USER >This means UDMA. You could try the UDMA driver there but it will probably >insist on LBA and fail. Failed, what a pity. >FreeCOM doesn't affect FORMAT. If by "2035a" you mean the unstable kernel, >then this means that both the stable and the unstable kernels cause FORMAT >to complain. So, there is NO additional bug in the unstable kernel but a >common bug in both kernel branches. Or am I wrong? But I can't explain why I zero-fill the hard disk with SeaTools and one of my hard disk can format successfully (another Seagate still fail). Maybe FORMAT try to inspect the sector but look the wrong position? Or FDISK did some tricks that FORMAT think "It's BAD". I'm really not sure the Kernel or FreeCOM have bugs or not, sorry but it's beyond my ability, as I test them with some tough program such as Chinese system, it can produce the same failure everytime, as expected. So I think both of them reached a certain level of stability, say 84% of M$-DOS. Testing shows only M$-DOS can format, and the debug information is not enoguh (may need low-level tracing by debugger, step by step). Rgds, Johnson. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
