I have a 3.5" floppy drive in an IBM XT 286 (5162). I can boot DOS from the floppy just fine but when I try to run FORMAT
, it always says that the disk drive is not ready.
Specifically:
A:\>format A:
Insert new diskette for drive A:
and strike any key when ready
Formatting...
Drive not ready
Format failure
That's with the DOS 1.1 FORMAT
. With FreeDOS, I get:
A:\FDOS>format /U /V:dos A:
Insert new diskette for drive A:
Press ENTER when the right disk is in the drive...
Using drive default: 1440k (Cyl=80 Head=2 Sec=18)
Full Formatting (wiping all data)
Format_Floppy_Cylinder( head=0 cylinder=0 ) sectors=18 [int 13.5]
Critical error during INT 13 disk access
INT 13 status (hex): 80
Bits: timeout / no response
Description: timeout (drive not ready)
Program terminated.
[Error 128]
Again, I can boot from the drive just fine so I don't think the cable is backwards or anything like that.