Oh!!! That is so interesting. If you use the stock FreeDOS 1.4 or Interim USB drive images, do you get the same result?
On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 11:48 PM Paco Oviedo via Freedos-user <[email protected]> wrote: > > Disk 1 is the Ventoy USB drive, and Disk 2 is the internal NVME disk. > > > > > El 3 jun 2026, a las 5:21, Louis Santillan <[email protected]> escribió: > > > > Oh....I'd love to see a pic of that. > > > > If you boot FreeDOS from Ventoy using Legacy+CSM and do a "fdisk > > /status", what does it show? > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM Paco Oviedo via Freedos-user > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> El 2 jun 2026, a las 16:14, Louis Santillan <[email protected]> escribió: > >> > >> Generally speaking, NVMe storage drives are not accessible via BIOS > >> calls (they need to be communicated with via PCIe or UEFI). FreeDOS > >> is only able to access storage mediums accessible via BIOS calls. I'm > >> curious how you got your BIOS to make the NVMe drive visible to > >> FreeDOS in your initial install attempt. > >> > >> I modified a Dell Optiplex 9020 to boot off NVMe but the drive isn't > >> visible to my FreeDOS USB install drive. However, Linux will install > >> and boot off the NVMe. > >> > >> > >> Nothing special. I just turned on Legacy and CSM in the BIOS Startup menu, > >> and FreeDOS found the NVMe disk right away. > >> I booted the FreeDOS installer using a Ventoy USB flash drive. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Freedos-user mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
