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Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox (Emulation)

posted by CLINT  , Tennessee, 15.07.2021, 21:39

From Tom...
>
> you have an empty floppy drive.

This is really good news; keep this dialog going.

> you have to put a virtual diskette into it, just as in real live.

I want to know how to do that.



From TKCHIA
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> If your virtual PC has floppy drives, the setup should look something like...

Yes found that (Looks close enough on my screen)


> you can add a floppy controller
> using the green "+" button thingy at the bottom

I think I did what you instructed; please check me

>
> Then you can start inserting
> floppy "disks" (images) into the new drives.

I'm excited, I haven't seen this screen in years.

This is such a relief from the past twenty-plus years. I actually know what's wrong and understand what caused it.

What I don't know is how I caused it.

Tell me where I went wrong.



How do I get this thing to boot from C: instead of A: ?

Or, should I wait until I have FreeDOS active in a VirtualBox, and then "change" my floppy disk drives ?

Whatever I've done wrong; so be it. For the moment, just tell me how to get my VirtualBox machine to boot from the Virtual Hard Drive (and not the virtual Floppy)

Is this already documented in the wiki somewhere ?

How do I search for it ? What phrase do I want to find ?

Complete thread:

• Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - CLINT, 15.07.2021, 16:00 (Emulation)
  • Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - tom, 15.07.2021, 18:10
  • Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - tkchia, 15.07.2021, 19:13
    • Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - CLINT, 15.07.2021, 21:39
      • Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - CLINT, 15.07.2021, 21:40
      • Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - tkchia, 15.07.2021, 21:50
        • Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - CLINT, 16.07.2021, 11:44
          • Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - CLINT, 16.07.2021, 14:25
            • Add Two Floppy Drives In VirtualBox - CLINT, 16.07.2021, 14:54