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--- blog:ontrack_install [2024/12/05 18:16] – [Process] john
+++ blog:ontrack_install [2024/12/20 14:20] (current) – [Process] john
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    * USB interface to vintage drive (e.g. USB<->IDE, USB<->mSATA, USB<->SATA etc)
    * QEMU
-   * Ontrack boot floppy image (to install drive overlay)
+   * Ontrack boot floppy image (to install drive overlay): **ontrack-9.57.img**
-   * Windows 98SE boot floppy image (i.e. for FAT32 format support)
+   * Windows 98SE boot floppy image (i.e. for FAT32 format support): **Windows98_SE.img**
 ==== Process ====
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 Connect the new hard drive to Linux.
-Find the device name of the USB drive (dmesg or lsblk)
+Find the device name of the USB drive (dmesg or lsblk): e.g. **/dev/sde**
 Run a new emulation, with direct access to the new USB drive and the Ontrack boot floppy image. Assuming the USB adapter shows up as ///dev/sde//, then:
-<code>
+> qemu-system-i386 -drive file=**/dev/sde**,format=raw -fda **ontrack-9.57.img** -boot menu=on
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=/dev/sde,format=raw -fda ontrack-9.57.img -boot menu=on
-</code>
 Install the Ontrack drive overlay. I usually go for a <2GB C: / primary partition and up to 120GB D: / secondary partition on a typical 120GB SSD.
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 Close the emulated system down. Replace the ontrack boot floppy with the Windows 98SE boot floppy:
-<code>
+> qemu-system-i386 -drive file=**/dev/sde**,format=raw -fda **win98se.img** -boot menu=on
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=/dev/sde,format=raw -fda win98se.img -boot menu=on
-</code>
-Boot the Win 98SE command line rescue disk. Format, sys and fdisk the new partitions:
+Boot the Win 98SE command line rescue disk. //sys// the new partition to make it a bootable DOS system:
 <code>
-A:\format c:
-A:\format d:
 A:\sys c:
 </code>
+No need to format, as the Ontrack disk does that anyway.