Help building a DOS system for ImageDisk

For my imaging system I'm using an Abit KV8PRO motherboard, with an Athlon CPU, onboard 10/100/1000 ethernet, 1 AGP 8X/4X slot, 5 PCI slots, SATA and IDE drive support, and 4 USB ports. The onboard floppy controller will handle all formats except 128 byte/sector MFM. I haven't run across anything yet that uses that format. I also have a Catweasel MK4+ for things that Dave Dunfields's IMD or the native floppy controller won't handle. I have the motherboard installed in a full size tower case, with lots of places to mount drives. There's a list of IMD "compatible" motherboards and chipsets on Dave's site, but it's not completely accurate. For example, I had been using an Abit KT7A motherboard (on the list) for some time, until I discovered it wouldn't handle single-density (250Kbps FM). Depending on which tools I need to use, I can run Linux, Windows XP or FreeDOS on this system. I've archived over 200 8" diskettes on this setup. On one batch of 100 8" diskettes, I only had problems reading 2 diskettes. Not bad for 30-year old media. However, I've found that Tandy branded media for the Model II/16/6000 machines is absolutely awful. They shed like a long-haired cat. :-) Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/