# Links
[~4 hour live stream building and installing XT-IDE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml_yVPE1HuE)
[Official page](https://www.glitchwrks.com/2017/11/23/xt-ide-rev4)
[Minus Zero Degrees](http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/xtide/rev_4/XT-IDE%20Rev%204%20-%20general.htm)
[Basics](http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/xtide/XT-IDE%20-%20Basics.htm)
[Problems](http://minuszerodegrees.net/xtide/XT-IDE%20-%20Problems.htm)
[Making a bootable SD card with MS-DOS 6.22](http://theinstructionlimit.com/installing-ms-dos-6-22-on-a-486-without-a-floppy-drive-using-a-cf-to-ide-adapter)
# Jumpers and DIP Switches
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# SD IDE adapter
[Formatting as FAT16](https://www.instructables.com/Format-USB-Flash-Drive-to-FATFAT16-not-FAT32/) on Windows
[Video: I got my 286 working with a SD to IDE adapter!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhEdgd7shk)
Partitioning an SD card with a 32 MB partition (and a remaining "rest of the card" partition) on macOS – [source](https://pbxbook.com/other/dosfat16.html)
```bash
diskutil partitiondisk /dev/disk5 2 MBR \\
"MS-DOS FAT16" "NONAME" 32M \\
"MS-DOS FAT16" "THEREST" 0M
```
# Making an SD card boot to DOS
On macOS
```bash
diskutil list
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/diskN bs=1000000 # Will take a few minutes
```
Boot to floppy PC-DOS
```bash
fdisk # Create a DOS partition with size 32 starting at 0
format c: /s # Formats and transfers command.com
```