On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 12:57:54PM +0200, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
Thank you for detailed explanation. So it doesn't look that good. :( Maybe I was a little bit too fast. Just one thing: > Note that the SandyBridge that you have purchased has been phased out > by Intel relatively recently - and is about 9 generations old by now. > The last 2-3 generations of Intel x86 CPU's come with UEFI without > the BIOS-legacy-compatible CSM - even in the industrial portfolio. > Technically these are not PC's anymore, in the sense that you cannot > boot DOS (or Windows up to XP for that matter) on their bare metal, > and Win7 only in theory. But I've found a manual to this mobo: https://www.ibase-europe.com/english/down.php?hFFile=en_downloada_caty01425982786.pdf It clearly shows "BIOS configuration" -- so my impression was it's able to cooperate with DOS? Or am I missing something? -- regards, Zbigniew _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
