On 12/10/2013 4:14 PM, Robert Moler wrote:
The Bios on the Dell machine clearly offers USB as a boot option. I made a bootable USB stick with FreeDos on it using _*RUFUS*_ which was suggested by someone earlier. It did appear to have gotten most of the way through the cold boot process before it halted. I don't know what a service tag is since, except for that particular machine, I've assembled from scratch every PC we've every had since 1986. The Dell apparently originally ran MS Vista.Each and every Dell computer has a unique service tag which identifies it (as in being able to look up it's exact specs and drivers), usually on a sticker in the back (or back of the top) of the machine, sometimes together with the "Express Service Code" (ESC), which does not really have a use)
My wife's computer is also running Win 7 (32 bit) and I tried VirtualBox. Again I could not get FreeDos to install and load.
I am running FreeDOS in VirtualBox on Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit just fine.... Ralf --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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