You might like to consider using Elmar Hanlhofer's "Plop" boot manager https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html to assist with booting from your native USB1.x port. It helps with working around early BIOS versions that did not permit /enable booting from USB as an option. (Have you checked you bios to rule this part of the problem out?) However, if you have USB ports via a PCMCIA adapter, you may have additional struggles with compatibility. Elmar lists PCMCIA compatibility as 'limited', but I have not had any success using PLOP to boot from USB. HTH
On Sat, Jan 9, 2021, at 2:47 AM, Marv wrote: > For what it's worth, I'm using a 1998 Intel 440BX machine. It has a Pentium > II. The network adapter on the motherboard works fine, also serial and > parallel ports. The only issue I have is the USB port is non-bootable. The CD > drive is bootable but it is not compatible with FreeDos. I had to install > FreeDos by copying the necessary files to a separate partition on the HD. I > transfer files to and from it mainly over the network, but sometimes with the > 1.44MB floppy. > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:30 AM Šimon Dobeš <simondobes...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello >> I want to ask if FREEDOS will run on Intel Pentium old-school PC from 2002 >> and if it will work properly if this pc have 256 mb of ram. >> I have a old IBM ThinkPad from 1998 and it is great computer. But it is not >> working. Where I can fix it? >> Thx >> Simon >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > -- > It's all fun and games until someone divides by zero. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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