> > Fixing your problem may be as simple as > booting the installation disk to a command prompt, then running "FDISK > /MBR".
Thanks! Solved the problem! Time to load motorola programming software for ham radio use. On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Skyler F composed on 2015-05-29 09:43 (UTC-0600): > > > I am trying to install freeDOS on my Dell Dimension 8400 with a pentium 4 > > processer. > > > I first booted in gparted and deleted all partitions so I had a blank > slate > > computer. > > > I then created the partition within the freedos installation disk and > > installed it. > > > After creating the partition, when I proceeded to installation, it gave > me > > an error, where I needed to format it. > > > After a format, the loading bar installed all of the packages, and it > > seemed to work fine. > > > After the post installation, I selected the option 1 for bootloade. > > I've not booted the installation disk in a long time, so don't know what > option 1 means. > > > I rebooted the computer from the hard drive, and it had a blank screen > with > > one word GRUB. I could not press any keys, and had to physically reboot > and > > the same thing to showed up on startup. > > > What am I doing wrong? > > The HD was previously used for Linux, and the deleting and installing you > did > didn't affect first disk sector, the "MBR", which contains the startup code > that takes over from BIOS POST. Fixing your problem may be as simple as > booting the installation disk to a command prompt, then running "FDISK > /MBR". > Before rebooting, do simply "FDISK", and check that the partition you > installed to is set "active", and if it isn't set it so. It could be that > one > of the other bootloader menu options would have done this. > > > I am new to DOS (wasn't even born in the DOS age) so thanks for help on > > this basic question. > -- > "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant > words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity...@gmail.com
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