Thanks BJ UEFI would certainly be a problem. FreeDOS (like any DOS) requires BIOS services to run. FreeDOS cannot run on a system using UEFI.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 4:04 AM BJ Yackley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there - new to this ML, but this thread showed up when I was looking > for help on the exact same problem (UTM for Mac not booting FreeDOS) and I > think I managed to solve it. > > The solution seems to be to uncheck the "UEFI Boot" option in the QEMU > settings pane when you edit the VM. I also had the FD13 boot floppy > inserted into a virtual floppy drive, but I don't know if that mattered or > not. The FreeDOS installer booted up, and I was able to partition and > format the drive and am now installing FreeDOS. Everything looks good so > far. > > > -- > BJ Yackley > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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