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

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 25.06.2020, 19:17

> 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

Of course not, because FORMAT requires to give a drive letter on the command line. Drive letters are only assigned at boot time.

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