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Book8088's CF2IDE stumps Freedos boot (Users)

posted by bocke, 31.01.2024, 00:20

> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018X7RJQ4
>
> I have a Book8088 v2. I did some testing. I imaged the FD13BOOT.IMG from
> FD 1.3 Floppy Edition[0] to my slot on my Gotek formatted USB stick. I
> then used a Dell 316SX (a 386) with a Gotek FDD emulator & XT-IDE r625 to
> boot FD v1.3 over floppy. Next, I FDISK'd a 256MB CF card as FAT16 (CHS
> 984/16/32). Rebooted again to floppy and then ran `format C:/q/s`. I then
> copied a few binaries from the FD floppy to the CF card. Rebooted to
> verify the 256MB CF card would boot and it worked.
>
> Finally, popped out the CF card of the 316SX and placed it in the slot on
> the Book8088. Booted & it worked[1][2]. See the pic below for reference.
>
> No magic other than I've been working to restore the Dell 316SX so it now
> has a NIC with the XT-IDE r625 BIOS in it's ROM slot. The original 3.5" &
> 5.25" drives aren't spinning and I need to refurb those next.
>
> You could try imaging a small (<2GB) USB stick with FD13BOOT.IMG and try
> booting off that as well [3]. It might take a reflash of the BIOS. They'll
> need to hit 'A' quickly to redirect XT-IDE to boot off floppy instead of
> the CF. I might test that as well.
>
>

Thank you very much. I got a few ideas from this.

Can you make a raw disk image of that 256MB CF card and upload it somewhere? Of course delete anything that is propriatry (software) or any personal files. :)

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