9 Jan
2003
9 Jan
'03
11:18 a.m.
Remember that the Amstrad ppc640 is a PC XT clone with
double density
(not high density) floppy drives.
Knew that.
It should boot any old version of
DOS after about 3.3, so long as it's on the proper floppy.
I fear that a Win98SE boot floppy is expecting at least a little extended memory.
I've just created a PC DOS boot disk using a Ghost tool.
These
things can be tricky to find these days though.
Salvaged a bunch from another IT officer doing a clean out.
If you can still
download DR.DOS 7, I know that works, since I've used it on mine.
How did you make a 720 boot disk? Did you find a 720k image or did you make 1.44s, boot a
suffciently old PC and create a 720 using format /s?
Otherwise I'd be tempted to try FreeDOS.
Seems to only be an ISO CD image!
I'm in the same position,
though, I don't have any way of making low density 3.5 inch boot
disks
for PCs anymore (unless I get busy and put my old PC back together).
Surreal. I just tried to format a 720 in my new WinXP portable and the size wasn't
even a option. And when I did it through the GUI under 2000 the anti-virus scanner had a
fit. Finally had to format it using the CLI *and* I had to explicitly unmount it first to
get the anti-virus software to let go.
Thanks Jim,
Chris J.