That was it Bernd, partition was not set active.
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Blaauw
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 12:49 PM
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDos on extended partition?
Alex Horvath schreef:
> Sorry for all the newbie posts -
>
> FreeDos did install but when I boot all I get is a "_" character and
> no response to keyboard input.
>
> If I boot from the FreeDos CD I can the FreeDos files on C:.
>
> Anything I can check?
>
Let's see, a very basic installation has the following:
* Harddisk
-Master Boot Record (MBR, contains partition table and keeps up which
partition should be booted)
- FAT formatted primary partition, it needs to be set Active in your
partitioning tool
- Bootsector (operating system dependent)
- operating system's kernel (FreeDOS: C:\KERNEL.SYS)
- some kind of user interface (FreeDOS: C:\COMMAND.COM)
Easiest is to check if these files exist with DIR C:\ Also transfer
system files and the bootsector with SYS C: (or SYS A: C:) In case MBR
needs to be rewritten, do a FDISK /MBR
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