XT-CF-Lite V4
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This is a place holder page for the XT-CF-Lite V4 card.
More to come...
Tips
- 4GB card is ideal for this adapter. It offers the maximum space allowed on the FAT16 (2GB) and IDE standard (2 Drives).
Post build
- It is recomended to boot the computer and install DOS 6.22. This will format your drive and install the DOS system which has tools you can use to manage your system. The DOS will install however you will still have problems booting since DOS does not issue the fdisk /mbr you have to do this manually.
- Once you are booting from the CF card you can run fdisk again to create a extended partition and create a drive D:
- Format drive D in order to use the second half of the 4GB CF card by issuing the "format /s d:" command.
Troubleshooting
- Hard drive does not boot - try fdisk /mbr
- Cannot load COMMAND, system halted - Make sure that there is a line in AUTOEXEC.BAT that reads "COMSPEC=X:\PATH" where "X:\PATH" is wherever COMMAND.COM resides. Edit the PATH command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, if you are trying to run a command in another directory that should be accessible from anywhere.