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.
>
>
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