Try the utilities fdisk and format, I've not had any luck using Gparted to make anything FreeDos can reliably read.
On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 3:25 PM Jen via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I’m trying to install FreeDOS onto the SSD hard drive of my ThinkPad W520 > 4284‑WZN copied to RAM from a DVD I have, using its internal DVD‑RW > drive. > *·* In the UEFI BIOS *[version 8BET62WW (1.42)]*, I set the boot to “*Legacy > Only*” & the ‘SATA Controller Mode Option’ to “*Compatibility*” *mode* (*IDE > mode*). Reserved memory for UEFI Boot Manager has been disabled. > *·* Using GParted on the latest 64‑bit version of SystemRescueCD *(6.1.0)*, > I then made a *FAT32* partition as the very *first* partition (*C:\*) > with 1 MiB free space preceding it, aligned to ‘*Cylinder*’, and made it > 7.8 GB (7,439 MiB / 7.26 GiB), and labeled it as *“DOS”*. > *·* After that, I inserted the FreeDOS DVD and selected the options to > install everything to the C:\ drive, which all seemed to go well. > *·* Upon rebooting however (or from cold boot), *all I get is an empty > black screen with a flashing underscore cursor*. I’ve hit *F12* on > startup to bring up the Boot device List to ensure the hard drive is > selected, and have tried restarting a number of times but never get > anything other than the empty black screen with the blinking cursor of > death. I’ve walked away for a long time and come back, but nothing ever > winds‑up loading – cursor continues to blink. I’ve gone back into BIOS > to ensure that all the options I changed saved properly and have not reset > themselves to defaults; everything appears as I configured it. > *·* I reinserted the live CD and from the FreeDOS prompt, ran the command > “bootfix c:”. It did not fix the problem. > > I haven’t tried reformatting the partition and running the installation > again yet; I suspect it will still do the same thing. Should I try that? > Any ideas what I’ve done wrong or why it might not be working? > > Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer, > > --- Jen > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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