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Problems with new CF card in HP OmniBook 800 (Users)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 21.06.2020, 05:29

> > Make partitions with MS-Dos FDISK on real dos-hardware, only.
>
> That's what I did. MS-DOS FDISK will create the partition, but then MS-DOS
> will hang on reboot, because kernel boot code doesn't know how to handle it
> via Int 13h. (ROM BIOS Int 13h reports 0 heads, making the disk appear with
> a size of 0 Mbyte.)
>
> > "If you want install ms-dos - just install ms-dos (in dos-way)".
>
> I second that in general, but not for the Transcend card and the OmniBook
> 800.

Was this the procedure you followed ?

1) boot to DOS and create the partition(s) with DOS FDISK
2) before rebooting, format the partition(s) with DOS FORMAT
3) now reboot to DOS

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