Hi Roy, > Forwarded from sourceforge bug tracker: > https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/115/ > > Boot FAT32 kernel (ex. ke2041_86f32) from A: and "format b: /u", then an > error occurs.
Does this only happen with the FAT32 kernel? Does this only happen with a FreeDOS kernel? Are your A: and B: actually 2 distinct physical drives? Does this only happen with /U or also with other modes? Can you add the /D option to get more verbose messages? > A:>format b: /u > Insert new diskette for drive B: > Press ENTER when the right disk is in drive... > Using drive default: 1440k (Cyl=80 Head=2 Sec=18) > Please enter volume label (max. 11 chars): > No label, disk will have no creation timestamp. > Full Formatting (wiping all data) > 100 percent completed. > Preparing FAT area... > Drive_IO(WRITE 1, count 1 ) [FAT12/16] [drive B*] > > Critical error during DOS disk access > DOS driver error (hex): 01 > Description: unknown unit for driver > Program terminated. > [Error 129] > > Format uses INT26, and this error occurs in kernel. > When "dir b:" before format, then this error does not occur. If you only have 1 drive, this might be a DJ mechanism issue, where A: and B: are actually the same hardware and DOS has to keep track whether you name it A: or B: at the current moment. Can you try with other FORMAT tools? If the problem is really with the DJ mechanism then I think other FORMAT tools could be able to try harder to switch - both from A: to B: and back again. If you do DIR B: before format, what will happen? Is the disk already formatted before you format it? Lots of questions but also an interesting problem :-) Regards, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
