Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd
On 20-04-23 08 h 03, Ludovico Giorio wrote: I checked, and the installer can only see my usb, not the hdd inside the laptop. Message is: "SETUP wasn't able to locate any disks to install FreeDOS 1.1 from." What am I doing wrong? I enabled legacy support in Bios. I formatted my hdd in Fat. You are a bit unclear about "legacy support" in BIOS. Well, I am probably not the most qualified to answer but... as I see no one else answering... If you have the choice between AHCI and IDE you should (as far as I remember) use IDE. AHCI being better in general, but not supported by FreeDOS (at least this old version). Else I would probably try to boot with a Linux image to make sure the disk is visible (well connected). ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd
Hi! There is no need to use Linux to replace the MBR boot code, you can easily do that with DOS tools. Of course if you prefer Linux tools, they can be used for the same purpose :-) I assume you want to get rid of Windows, so you do not need to convert from GPT to MBR. Deleting the partitions and restarting with MBR will be sufficient. You could also wipe the drive if you want to leave no data behind when you return the computer. There are both DOS and Linux tools for that and modern disk even have built-in features to wipe themselves. For example hdparm in Linux can be used to start that process, which can take very long. Regards, Eric > If GPT is the issue, should a Linux based tool be used to get around > that? I'm thinking something like boot nuke or something similar. ... >> You can tell FDISK to install a fresh MBR boot >> code, see the command line help of FDISK :-) ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd
If GPT is the issue, should a Linux based tool be used to get around that? I'm thinking something like boot nuke or something similar. April 23, 2020 8:16 AM, "Eric Auer" wrote: > Hi! Which tools in which versions did you use? > > For example which FORMAT, FDISK...? Let me start by > saying the choice for MBR was good: GPT partitions > are not visible for DOS. Not sure what the purpose > of that EFI partition is, but it is easily possible > that Windows had a boot loader on the first disk > to boot from the second, affecting both boots. > > You can tell FDISK to install a fresh MBR boot > code, see the command line help of FDISK :-) > Of course you also want to mark the partition as > bootable and for big disks, you probably want to > use FAT32 LBA partitions for FreeDOS. > > Regards, Eric > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd
Hi! Which tools in which versions did you use? For example which FORMAT, FDISK...? Let me start by saying the choice for MBR was good: GPT partitions are not visible for DOS. Not sure what the purpose of that EFI partition is, but it is easily possible that Windows had a boot loader on the first disk to boot from the second, affecting both boots. You can tell FDISK to install a fresh MBR boot code, see the command line help of FDISK :-) Of course you also want to mark the partition as bootable and for big disks, you probably want to use FAT32 LBA partitions for FreeDOS. Regards, Eric ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd
What kind of hard drive did you take out? Was it a serial ATA hard drive or an IDE hard drive? Have you considered trying Freedos 1.3 RC2? Make sure you aren't in AHCI mode? April 23, 2020 7:03 AM, "Ludovico Giorio" mailto:ludovico8...@hotmail.it?to=%22Ludovico%20Giorio%22%20)> wrote: Hello everyone, I'm having a problem installing Freedos 1.1/1.2 on my laptop. The laptop came shipped with a custom Freedos version from Hp, I installed Win10 on a second drive, had some problems and need to return the laptop. I took out the second drive, and the win bootloader was still there. I accessed the Efi partition and erased the windows bootloader, but doing this I must have made some mistake, and now the laptop wont boot in Hp dos too. So, I downloaded Freedos 1.1/1.2, created a bootable usb with it, restarted on usb and accessed the installation prompt. Problem is, installation is stuck in a partitioning loop: after partitioning, the installer starts again anew. I checked, and the installer can only see my usb, not the hdd inside the laptop. Message is:"SETUP wasn't able to locate any disks to install FreeDOS 1.1 from." What am I doing wrong? I enabled legacy support in Bios. I formatted my hdd in Fat. I think that the installer can't see the hd, and don't know why. Is it because of the hdd format (I made it MBR)? Are there some hdd requirement I m not aware of? If someone can help me about this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and good luck for the emergency. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd
Hello everyone, I'm having a problem installing Freedos 1.1/1.2 on my laptop. The laptop came shipped with a custom Freedos version from Hp, I installed Win10 on a second drive, had some problems and need to return the laptop. I took out the second drive, and the win bootloader was still there. I accessed the Efi partition and erased the windows bootloader, but doing this I must have made some mistake, and now the laptop wont boot in Hp dos too. So, I downloaded Freedos 1.1/1.2, created a bootable usb with it, restarted on usb and accessed the installation prompt. Problem is, installation is stuck in a partitioning loop: after partitioning, the installer starts again anew. I checked, and the installer can only see my usb, not the hdd inside the laptop. Message is: "SETUP wasn't able to locate any disks to install FreeDOS 1.1 from." What am I doing wrong? I enabled legacy support in Bios. I formatted my hdd in Fat. I think that the installer can't see the hd, and don't know why. Is it because of the hdd format (I made it MBR)? Are there some hdd requirement I m not aware of? If someone can help me about this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and good luck for the emergency. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
