Dear Liam
Thanks for that. A little more info please
1) Which of the six options at the website
(https://www.freedos.org/download/) are you suggesting I download. It
is not possible to relate "FreeDOS 1.0..." to any of them.
2) Regarding "Boot, use F5 or Shift to bypass CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT".
I understand that after booting the first time I will shutdown and
write my required BIOS upgrade file to the USB key then insert it and
boot again. But I do not understand at what stage in the boot process I
press F5 or Shift.
3) Also is it a case or both F5 and Shift will work or one of them will
work but you do not know which?
Thanks again and wait to hear
Stephanos
On 09/04/2021 12:35, Liam Proven wrote:
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 13:22, Stephanos <[email protected]> wrote:
1) Download one of the ISO files
Fine
2) Make a CD bootable
What... why?
3) Write my BIOS upgrade file to the memory stick
Then insert the CD into the laptop and
a) boot the laptop into DOS
b) Insert the memory stick and navigate to the memory stick (by trying
all the drive letters possible: A:, B: C: D: etc)
No, won't work.
The FreeDOS 1.0 ISO is all you need. Write it to a USB key, not a CD.
Then check it boots. If it books, copy the Dell BIOS upgrade onto the
USB key. Boot, use F5 or Shift to bypass CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT
completely, and run the update.
No need for an optical disk at all. Don't waste it. No external drive
needed either.
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