Gammitin (Ben) 💾
Gammitin (Ben) 💾Perfecto 👌
Gammitin (Ben) 💾So I've discovered there's a way newer bios than the one this machine has installed.
I'm currently running:
BIOS Version 1.00.05. BROT
The newest version addresses issues with the HDD detection, it's:
BIOS Version 1.00.10. BROT
The bios chip is soldered, but I'm going to try it.
Gammitin (Ben) 💾Looking good.....
Gammitin (Ben) 💾Perfecto 👌
Gammitin (Ben) 💾So far, so good 👍
Gammitin (Ben) 💾Looking good.....
Gammitin (Ben) 💾I forgot something, I'm not using the original PSU, so the front fan is not powered on, I've setup a usb fan to cool the CPU (wasn't too hot, but safety first).
Gammitin (Ben) 💾So far, so good 👍
Gammitin (Ben) 💾32GB SD BTW.
I want multiple os's on this:
MS-DOS
Windows 95/98
Also a useable Linux install, DSL Knoppix I think.
Fingers crossed this works and is bootable, very fiddly!
Gammitin (Ben) 💾I forgot something, I'm not using the original PSU, so the front fan is not powered on, I've setup a usb fan to cool the CPU (wasn't too hot, but safety first).
Gammitin (Ben) 💾So, I had to manually set the bios options for the drive, to give me roughly the storage on the SD card (SD to IDE). Then Ontrack let me setup a Fat32 partition. Instead of formatting it in Ontrack, I used format on the Win98 setup. I'm currently installing Win98 as a test...
Gammitin (Ben) 💾32GB SD BTW.
I want multiple os's on this:
MS-DOS
Windows 95/98
Also a useable Linux install, DSL Knoppix I think.
Fingers crossed this works and is bootable, very fiddly!
Gammitin (Ben) 💾So, I've been messing with storage options again, EZ Drive fails, and Ontrack was tricky. Using all the three options it gives to setup the bios. But looks like I've figured it out, here's the error I kept getting.
Gammitin (Ben) 💾So, I had to manually set the bios options for the drive, to give me roughly the storage on the SD card (SD to IDE). Then Ontrack let me setup a Fat32 partition. Instead of formatting it in Ontrack, I used format on the Win98 setup. I'm currently installing Win98 as a test...
Gammitin (Ben) 💾A while ago I made a PCI based XT-IDE card for such computers, I used this one in another build, but I may make another, rather than using a software drive overlay solution.
Gammitin (Ben) 💾So, I've been messing with storage options again, EZ Drive fails, and Ontrack was tricky. Using all the three options it gives to setup the bios. But looks like I've figured it out, here's the error I kept getting.
Gammitin (Ben) 💾The system works flawlessly, I'm super happy the Matrox is working well @ 1280x1024. There's something magical about using Linux on a system that's nearly 30 years old, it's fun!
Gammitin (Ben) 💾A while ago I made a PCI based XT-IDE card for such computers, I used this one in another build, but I may make another, rather than using a software drive overlay solution.
Gammitin (Ben) 💾I seem to have gotten through my larger CF cards, I have a bunch of smaller ones, <512MB. I do however have one 1GB, that I've managed to install an old version of DSL (Knoppix based) Linux distro.
Gammitin (Ben) 💾The system works flawlessly, I'm super happy the Matrox is working well @ 1280x1024. There's something magical about using Linux on a system that's nearly 30 years old, it's fun!