Recent content by JonnyGators

I have a unix VM, not sure if that will treat the device properly since it would be coming through my Windows machine to the VM, and didn't feel like adding that into the mix. Best to keep things simple for troubleshooting. If someone has suggested a windows tool to wipe a disk pristine clean...

I appreciate all the helpful suggestions, and I suppose my dismissal of the alternate methods is coming across as refusal or difficult. That isn't the case. At this point its because I've returned the device. Maybe I called it quits too soon. Maybe I was just 10 minutes away from getting it...

I've identified the problem - no method for wiping CF card that works. I've identified a path forward - return device, revisit at a future date, after having a process to build other DOS disks. I've moved on to other projects and things, which includes getting back to the option of...

On the blue lava card, I'm not seeing smashed pins, but they are rather small and tucked away - which is why I've ordered a replacement part to see if that resolves it. "The method is easy. Pop the NEW CF card into the XTIDE. Run fdisk, delete any existing partitions which may show up as...

With no malice back, your assessment is incorrect. I believe we have determined that 2 separate issues exist. 1. The blue lava card has stopped detecting CF cards. It shows on the boot that it isn't detecting any device, this is consistent for both the CF card it was working with for a few...

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Not unwilling, just no one has come up with a working method to do so.

Thank you Chuck for getting back on topic. I will keep this offer in mind after I've done my own poking around and troubleshooting with the blue lava board. Meanwhile - I went to retrieve the parts for my Pentium 133 build, and couldn't find them, which led to a realization that I may or may...

The ability to create new floppies from images of OS's that I do not regularly use is not something I easily have at this time, my XP machine with a 5.25 floppy drive is in pieces due to a mobo replacement being needed, and the replacement mobo has a broken clip for the heat sync, so I need to...

I do not know how to verify that the first sector was wiped with the wipe tool that was run, but it was definitely verified that I ran the command, the command returned that it completed the wipe, and further attempts to partition, format, install DOS on the CF card, had the same consistent...

I tried fdisk /mbr. My PC OS doesn't support that command. I do not have access to a DOS version for this PC on floppy disks that support this command. If the manufacturers would provide a simple tool for formatting or prepping CF cards to the required state for their product, that would make...

Sorry if I've not been clear. It worked perfectly, until recently, when it stopped detecting any device, as shown in the picture I posted from the computer booting up.

That's an over simplification. The Blue Lava card stopped seeing any device present when trying to boot, and when booting to a floppy the OS continued to not see an HD present. With the Lo-Tech card, it did see a master device, but was unable to boot to it. When booting from floppy, the OS...

Well, the original problem that needs solving is the blue lava card, which is past the point of returning. This was just an attempt at a simple replacement. Since the blue lava card is in 2 pieces, the logical starting point for troubleshooting to me was determine which half has the problem...

I like figuring things out, but I don't like figuring things out that get in the way of figuring out the things I actually want to figure out. If that makes any sense. I've initiated a return, I'm done with this. I'm getting ready to put these back in storage for a while and move over to...