DOS + SATA HDD = Fail
Hello I want to install MS-DOS 6.22 in a virtual machine app that uses (virtual) SATA drives (like VirtualBox).
And i want to use the SATA drive setting...
I always wondered why there is a SATA CD/DVD driver for DOS, but there is no SATA Hard disk drive controller. But i've been searching for a while, and still... nothing.
And i want to use the SATA drive setting...
I always wondered why there is a SATA CD/DVD driver for DOS, but there is no SATA Hard disk drive controller. But i've been searching for a while, and still... nothing.
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Just use an IDE controller in vbox and call it a day. SATA won't work, it's not designed to work, and it probably never will.
how do i install dos 6.22 from a cd, I know you can do this just need some confuration to do this.
have you even bothered to consult the virtualbox help docs, dontabandonme? http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch05.html#vdidetails
ADD: you might be looking for this instead: http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso- ... ble-cd.htm
EDIT: Am I just better off making a DOS boot CD and run stuff from there?
Change it to
Save it and exit.
Also to make sure to add the CD-ROM driver set and repoint the Autoexec.bat to launch the DOS setup.exe to the CD-ROM's drive letter.
I found a reference on a forum of HP bundling FreeDOS 1.1 with Machines with No OS (A-la-carte) which
was located on an 8GB partition on a 250GB SATA HDD.
(Source: http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum ... post215246 )
I also found another forum reference with FreeDOS, Accessing SATA devices; And Accessing up to 2TB, though
it seemed to be finicky to get past 8GB.
(Source: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum ... hp?id=3008 )
However its likely that in either case they are using SATA drives set to Legacy, or IDE instead of AHCI in the bios..
Also, unless you need DOS 6.22 for testing purposes, I would highly recommend that you take a step back and install the OS on legacy hardware using legacy methods (IE floppy disks). It just adds to the feel.