hi, > On Jul 10, 2021, at 4:03 PM, Wilhelm Spiegl <[email protected]> wrote: > > one more problem with fdisk 1.3.4: > > I just tried to create a ca. 230 MB big partition on a second HD in > virtualbox. I ran fdisk 1.3.4 from the first virtual HD (C:) and executed it > for the second HD via > fdisk position 5, change HD, created one primary partition, everything seems > to work fine. I answered the question for FAT32 with YES > After a reboot (yes, I know this) format d: format 0.91w gave out the > following message: > Boot sector unreadable, disk not yet formatted. > Cannot find existing format - Not saving UNFORMAT data. Please enter volume > label (none) etc. No label, disk will have no creation timestamp. > Quick formatting (only flushing metadata) > Warning, resets bad cluster markings, if any > DRIVE_IO (WRITE 0, count 1) [FAT12(16] [drive D*] > Critical error during DOS disk access > DOS driver error (hex):01 > Description: unknown unit for driver > Program terminated. > [Error 129] > > format version is 0.91w > Same results with format d: /d > > If I do the same with a bigger virtual HD (ca. 550 MB size) fdisk creates a > FAT32 partition and format has NO problems. > I tried both two times. > > Any ideas? Is it reproducable? > > W. Spiegl / Fritz >
Real hardware test… Boot FreeDOS floppy on Pentium Pro. Wiped MBR on disk #2 Rebooted Floppy fdisk (no options) enable FAT32? Y Change disk #2 Create Primary DOS partition at 230mb (Shows it made 235mb, FAT16) Reboot floppy format d: WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE D: WILL BE LOST! PLEASE CONFIRM! Proceed with format(YES/NO)? YES ## Boot sector unreadable, disk not yet formated Disk size: 235 MB, FAT16. *** Cannot find existing format - not saving UNFORMAT data. Please enter volume lane (max. 11 chars): No label, disk will have no creation timestamp. QuickFormating (only flushing metadata) Warning: Resets bad cluster marks if any. Preparing FAT area… 100 percent complete. 246,726,144 bytes total disk space (disk size) 246,464,512 bytes available on disk (free clusters) 4,096 bytes in each allocation unit. 60,172 allocation units on disk. Volume Serial Number is 2C52-17F4 Reboot without floppy. MS-DOS 6.2 started. echo.>d:test dir d: Volume in drive D: has no label Volume Serial Number is 2C52-17F4 Directory of D:\ TEST 2 07-10-21 4:24p 1 file(s) 2 bytes 246,460,416 bytes free. All seems as it should. :-) Jerome
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