From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
On 2017-03-24 03:46, Dennis Fenton wrote:
> Read what I wrote. I burned the iso to a CD. I also downloaded the floppy
img. It doesn't fit!
> So my first interaction on this forum is from someone who treats me like a
dummy. Perhaps another reason to say t
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
I tried to boot FreeDOS 1.2 on my 2005 PC, specs:
* BIOS
* Intel 945P chipset
* Pentium D-950 (64-bit capable)
* 2.5 GB DDR2 RAM
* SATA in "Compatible Mode" as P-ATA:
** Primary IDE Master: IOMEGA ZIP 250
** Primary IDE Slave: DVD-RW
* PATA from
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
On 2017-01-02 02:53, dmccunney wrote:
> Take a variable out of the equation. Start with a fresh, new floppy
> disk. Don't try to reuse an ancient one that may be failing due to
> age.
>
> Floppies are still made and should be findable.
Will
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
Hi!
I was asked why I cannot put FreeDOS on a floppy. Here is the reason. I
just tried another floppy disk that I found. It is original from before
1995, so it may be broken. I can try to check on my 486 once it is up
and running, but for now this is what I get
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
Hello!
On 2016-12-30 18:39, Rugxulo wrote:
> > I cannot easily create a 3.5 inch boot floppy to use it in
> > the 486-PC.
>
> Is the drive itself broken or you don't have a working floppy disk or ...?
I tried old floppy disks in a USB F
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
Jerome and Louis, thanks!
>> 1) Does the installer check the hardware and make choices? If so, this
>> would be totally wrong since I will be preloading it on a very different
PC.
> Yes a little. Only to compensate for the different quirks in the comm
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
Hi, fellow FreeDOS users! I need your help.
I have an original Intel 80486 with 50 MHz that I want to try FreeDOS
on. I still haven't found the time so far an my first attempt came to an
early halt because I couldn't get an installation media to start
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
Hi Tom!
As I understand it you cannot really make any use of initialized sound
hardware in DOS except for a few -- very few -- programs that are aware
of this very specific sound hardware.
You may have noticed that /back in the old days/ every program/game had
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de
Hi!
Isnt't FreeDOS dependant on 80286+? Not sure, but pure 8086 isn't very
easy to handle these days. Did you try to boot without any device
drivers at all?
On original 8086 hardware you should try an old version of MS-DOS or DR
DOS. That's what I would do.
Good
