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e2b Dos Floppy drive

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#1 · 2021-10-22, 3:58 PM

when i boot in dos from e2b flash i don't see my real hardware floppy drive. How can I improve this?

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Last edited on 2021-10-22, 3:58 PM by Deleted user
SteveSi@steve6375
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#2 · 2021-10-22, 4:52 PM
  1. Insert formatted floppy disk into floppy drive
  2. boot to USB drive
  3. Go to grub4dos command shell
  4. type 'find' command
    type 'geometry (fd0)'
  5. grub4dos should list all BIOS devices and  geometry of fd0

if no result then BIOS did not detect the floppy drive?

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