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====== IBM PC - Drive Overlay Software Install (without floppy/cdrom) ======

Setting up a new (large) hard drive on a vintage compute without a floppy or cdrom.

Requirements

   * USB interface to vintage drive (e.g. USB<->IDE, USB<->mSATA, USB<->SATA etc)
   * QEMU
   * Ontrack boot floppy image (to install drive overlay): **ontrack-9.57.img**
   * Windows 98SE boot floppy image (i.e. for FAT32 format support): **Windows98_SE.img**

==== Process ====

Connect the new hard drive to Linux.

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:

> qemu-system-i386 -drive file=**/dev/sde**,format=raw -fda **ontrack-9.57.img** -boot menu=on

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.

Close the emulated system down. Replace the ontrack boot floppy with the Windows 98SE boot floppy:

> qemu-system-i386 -drive file=**/dev/sde**,format=raw -fda **win98se.img** -boot menu=on

Boot the Win 98SE command line rescue disk. //sys// the new partition to make it a bootable DOS system:

<code>
A:\sys c:
</code>

No need to format, as the Ontrack disk does that anyway.