FreeDOS 1.3 Installation - Revision history

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Install FreeDOS on the xi8088 with a floppy and hard drive

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	First ensure that your Floppy and XTIDE cards are working properly. If something is not working see the troubleshooting sections for the card on wiki.noami.us.		First ensure that your Floppy and XTIDE cards are working properly. If something is not working see the troubleshooting sections for the card on wiki.noami.us.

	Download the [[https://www.freedos.org/download/ FreeDOS 1.3 Floppy Edition]] and write the floppy images to your disks. Both the Gotek and physical floppy drives work in this situation.		Download the [[https://www.freedos.org/download/ FreeDOS 1.3 Floppy Edition]] and write the floppy images to your disks. Both the [[http://www.gotekemulator.com/ Gotek]] and physical floppy drives work in this situation.

	In order to have control over the size of your drive it is recommended to partition your CF card before installing ~~freeDOS~~. If you have access to a Linux machine or a Raspberry Pi system you can use that to partition your CF card. I ~~use~~ a USB to compact flash adapter (also available at my eBay store) to attach to my Raspberry Pi.		In order to have control over the size of your drive it is recommended to partition your CF card before installing FreeDOS. If you have access to a Linux machine or a Raspberry Pi system you can use that to partition your CF card. I used a USB to compact flash adapter (also available at my eBay store) to attach to my Raspberry Pi.

	Use the following steps to partition your compact flash.		Use the following steps to partition your compact flash.

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Install FreeDOS on the xi8088 with a floppy and hard drive

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	First ensure that your Floppy and XTIDE cards are working properly. If something is not working see the troubleshooting sections for the card on wiki.noami.us.		First ensure that your Floppy and XTIDE cards are working properly. If something is not working see the troubleshooting sections for the card on wiki.noami.us.

	Download the FreeDOS 1.3 Floppy Edition and write the floppy images to your disks. Both the Gotek and physical floppy drives work in this situation.		Download the [[https://www.freedos.org/download/ FreeDOS 1.3 Floppy Edition]] and write the floppy images to your disks. Both the Gotek and physical floppy drives work in this situation.

	In order to have control over the size of your drive it is recommended to partition your CF card before installing freeDOS. If you have access to a Linux machine or a Raspberry Pi system you can use that to partition your CF card. I use a USB to compact flash adapter (also available at my eBay store) to attach to my Raspberry Pi.		In order to have control over the size of your drive it is recommended to partition your CF card before installing freeDOS. If you have access to a Linux machine or a Raspberry Pi system you can use that to partition your CF card. I use a USB to compact flash adapter (also available at my eBay store) to attach to my Raspberry Pi.

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To backup the primary partition + MBR

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	<pre lang="sh"># Turn off the system and place the CF card into the Linux machine.		<pre lang="sh"># Turn off the system and place the CF card into the Linux machine.
	# You may optionally zero fill the empty space in the partition to save space when zipping. ~~That will not be covered here.~~		# You may optionally zero fill the empty space in the partition to save space when zipping. see the link to do this below
	# To take an image of the partition type:		# To take an image of the partition type:
	sudo dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img bs=2M		sudo dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img bs=2M
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	-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 512 Mar 26 21:11 freeDOS13_2048_4196351.mbr		-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 512 Mar 26 21:11 freeDOS13_2048_4196351.mbr
	# if you zero filled the empty space it will only take about 75Mb when zipped		# if you zero filled the empty space it will only take about 75Mb when zipped
	-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 75M Mar 26 20:46 freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img.zip</pre>		-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 75M Mar 26 20:46 freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img.zip
			</pre>

			[[Python3 script to zero fill the disk]]

	== To restore the primary partition + MBR ==		== To restore the primary partition + MBR ==

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	# ***********************************************************************************		# ***********************************************************************************
	# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the		# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the
	# device id of the disk you are targeting for example: sudo lsblk		# device id of the disk you are targeting for example run: sudo lsblk
	# ***********************************************************************************		# ***********************************************************************************
	sudo dd if=freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img of=/dev/sdc1 bs=2M		sudo dd if=freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img of=/dev/sdc1 bs=2M

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	# ***********************************************************************************		# ***********************************************************************************
	# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the		# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the
	# device id of the disk you are ~~partitioning~~ example: sudo lsblk		# device id of the disk you are targeting for example run: sudo lsblk
	# ***********************************************************************************		# ***********************************************************************************
	# Insert the flash card and try to identify device name		# Insert the flash card and try to identify device name

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	# ***********************************************************************************		# ***********************************************************************************
	# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the		# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the
	# device id of the disk you are ~~partitioning~~ example: sudo lsblk		# device id of the disk you are targeting for example: sudo lsblk
	# ***********************************************************************************		# ***********************************************************************************
	sudo dd if=freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img of=/dev/sdc1 bs=2M		sudo dd if=freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img of=/dev/sdc1 bs=2M

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	== To restore the primary partition + MBR ==		== To restore the primary partition + MBR ==
			To restore the partition from an image to the CF Card do the following

			<pre lang="sh">
	# ***********************************************************************************		# ***********************************************************************************
	# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the		# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the
	# device id of the disk you are partitioning example: sudo lsblk		# device id of the disk you are partitioning example: sudo lsblk
	# ***********************************************************************************		# ***********************************************************************************
	~~To restore the partition from an image to the CF Card do the following~~		sudo dd if=freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img of=/dev/sdc1 bs=2M

	~~<pre lang="sh">~~sudo dd if=freeDOS13_2048_4196351.img of=/dev/sdc1 bs=2M
	# /dev/sdc1 - this is the name of the primary partition your system may identify it differently		# /dev/sdc1 - this is the name of the primary partition your system may identify it differently
	# make sure that the /dev/sdc1 begins on sector 2048 and ends on sector 4196351 use fdisk to adjust the partition if it doesn't.		# make sure that the /dev/sdc1 begins on sector 2048 and ends on sector 4196351 use fdisk to adjust the partition if it doesn't.

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	== To restore the primary partition + MBR ==		== To restore the primary partition + MBR ==
			# ***********************************************************************************
			# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the
			# device id of the disk you are partitioning example: sudo lsblk
			# ***********************************************************************************
	To restore the partition from an image to the CF Card do the following		To restore the partition from an image to the CF Card do the following

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	Use the following steps to partition your compact flash.		Use the following steps to partition your compact flash.

	<pre lang="sh"># Insert the flash card and try to identify device name		<pre lang="sh">
			# ***********************************************************************************
			# * WARNING * before running any of the commands below make sure you know the
			# device id of the disk you are partitioning example: sudo lsblk
			# ***********************************************************************************
			# Insert the flash card and try to identify device name
	# In my case it was /dev/sdc but it may be different for your system.		# In my case it was /dev/sdc but it may be different for your system.

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	# /dev/sdc1 - this is the name of the primary partition your system may identify it differently		# /dev/sdc1 - this is the name of the primary partition your system may identify it differently
	# the numbers in the output filename denote the start and end sector which will be copied. check the output of fdisk to determine these numbers.		# the numbers in the output filename denote the start and end sector which will be copied. check the output of fdisk to determine these numbers.
	# These numbers are important to know because the way FAT file system works, when you restore the image you will need to restore it to a partition that begin and end on those ~~sectors~~.		# These numbers are important to know because the way FAT file system works. FAT basically records file data as a linked list of sector numbers. In order for the FAT table to remain valid you need to write that file data to the same sector locations. That means when you restore the image you will need to restore it to a partition that begin and end on those sector numbers.

	# once dd is complete you will have the following file		# once dd is complete you will have the following file