I experienced similar issues on my laptop which also lacks a CD-ROM drive.
The current FreeDOS installer seems hard coded to install from a CD-ROM, as
the only way I was able to get it to work was using an external drive via
USB.

Hope this helps.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:16 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU <jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org
> wrote:

> I made the harddrive bootable with SYS.COM,but when my laptop boots into
> the harddrive,it just restarts.Meaning,when it boots into the harddrive
> (Which is now bootable with FreeDOS on it),it just blanks out for 1
> second,then BIOS opens up again.Kernel bug?
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:36 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU <
> jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello.As of right now,I am trying to install FreeDOS on my 'lil Hp
>> laptop.It does not have a CD drive,only two USB ports.So,I booted FreeDOS
>> via USB,and ran the format /s command.It gave  me an error stating
>> 'WARNING: No SYS in PATH - Could not install system files!".What do I need
>> to do to make the laptop's harddrive bootable into FreeDOS?I have done this
>> before,but that was when I had two computers with FreeDOS on it.Any help
>> for the format /s command?
>>
>
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