[CS-FSLUG] Reformatting for Win95

[Tim Young]

Most of the older computers needed a tool to be able to use the LBA stuff.
Linux has that all built into it.

To install an LBA tool, you may need to open the box, look at the HD, and see
what brand it is.  Then go to that maker's web-page and download their HD
tools.  Those tools usually make a botable floppy, which you then use to
install the LBA stuff.

Then you should be able to see a bit more of the HD.

Oh.  Also you should make sure that the BIOS has the right settings for the
HD.  Computers of that vintage were not always set to autodetect the HD.  That,
also, could result in your not seeing the whole thing.

    - Tim Young

Frank Bax wrote:

> At 12:33 PM 1/20/05, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> >Somebody gave me an old Pentium -S 66 mhz computer with a dead hard drive.
> >I put in a 2.4 GB one that I had been using for Linux.
> >Q. How can I format it all for Win95 (there is no cdrom boot in the bios)?
> >I tried using a dos diskette and the 'fdisk' utility but it only reports
> >530(?) MB available.
> >
> >What options are there available using Linux on a floppy to repartition
> >the HD?
>
> Some P1 systems had a BIOS limit of 2G - I think the first version on Win95
> (copyright 1996 on cdrom) also had the same limit.  The most common version
> of Win95 was Win95b or OSR2 (copyright 1997 on cdrom) did not have a 2G
> limit.  There were also OSR2.1 and OSR2.5, but I think they were OEM
> distribution only.
>
> What version of DOS/Win9x created the boot floppy - if it's really DOS,
> then maybe there was a limit below 2G in that version of fdisk.
>
> Frank
>
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