Re: [Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDOS
Regrettably, I ran into another problem: apparently the CD I burned was roughed up too badly for the installation to complete. It died while trying to install UDVD2, due to a read error. And that was my last CD-R. So I'll have to go buy some more and make a new one. On 2020-03-13 10:47 p.m., Rugxulo wrote: Hi, On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 6:42 PM Mallory Worlton wrote: My computer is a Dell Optiplex 433/L with 16 MB of RAM and a 486 processor. It's amazing to me that so many people still use 486s with FreeDOS. Those must've been built like tanks. (Mine, sadly, is disconnected.) It has a 270 MB hard drive, a floppy drive, and a CD drive. The CD drive is connected through my sound card, a Sound Blaster Pro 2. The installer can't seem to find my CD drive. How can I fix this? I see you've already figured this out (found drivers), but just for future reference for others: * http://btmgr.sf.net/ " Booting from CD-ROM Smart BootManager supports booting from almost all kinds of IDE ATAPI CD-ROM, including PCMCIA CD-ROMs. You can let BIOS boot from C: only and assign a password for it, then you can boot from CD-ROM with Smart BootManager easily, while other guy couldn't. If you have a Laptop computer with a special PCMCIA CD-ROM which BIOS does not support booting from, Smart BootManager can help you make it easy! " ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDOS
Hi, On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 6:42 PM Mallory Worlton wrote: > > My computer is a Dell Optiplex 433/L with 16 MB of RAM and a 486 > processor. It's amazing to me that so many people still use 486s with FreeDOS. Those must've been built like tanks. (Mine, sadly, is disconnected.) > It has a 270 MB hard drive, a floppy drive, and a CD drive. > The CD drive is connected through my sound card, a Sound Blaster Pro 2. > The installer can't seem to find my CD drive. How can I fix this? I see you've already figured this out (found drivers), but just for future reference for others: * http://btmgr.sf.net/ " Booting from CD-ROM Smart BootManager supports booting from almost all kinds of IDE ATAPI CD-ROM, including PCMCIA CD-ROMs. You can let BIOS boot from C: only and assign a password for it, then you can boot from CD-ROM with Smart BootManager easily, while other guy couldn't. If you have a Laptop computer with a special PCMCIA CD-ROM which BIOS does not support booting from, Smart BootManager can help you make it easy! " ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDOS
I did some digging and found appropriate drivers. I am now installing FreeDOS. Thank you all for your assistance. On 2020-03-13 5:04 p.m., ZB wrote: On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 12:46:28AM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: CD-ROM connected to controllers on the sound card might be overlooked by generic drivers. They usually _will_ be "overlooked" - unless such soundcard has a jumper, that can make the storage device, connected to its controller, bootable ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDOS
On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 12:46:28AM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > CD-ROM connected to controllers on the sound card > might be overlooked by generic drivers. They usually _will_ be "overlooked" - unless such soundcard has a jumper, that can make the storage device, connected to its controller, bootable -- regards, Zbigniew ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDOS
Hi! CD-ROM connected to controllers on the sound card might be overlooked by generic drivers. Try to boot using a floppy where you can manually add specific drivers for your CD-ROM. If you already have another DOS on the computer anyway, you can boot *that* and then invoke the installer on the CD-ROM while using your existing CD-ROM drivers. Eric > My computer is a Dell Optiplex 433/L with 16 MB of RAM and a 486 > processor. It has a 270 MB hard drive, a floppy drive, and a CD drive. > The CD drive is connected through my sound card, a Sound Blaster Pro 2. > The installer can't seem to find my CD drive. How can I fix this? ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDOS
My computer is a Dell Optiplex 433/L with 16 MB of RAM and a 486 processor. It has a 270 MB hard drive, a floppy drive, and a CD drive. The CD drive is connected through my sound card, a Sound Blaster Pro 2. The installer can't seem to find my CD drive. How can I fix this? ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] floppy drive won't format disk...
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 4:24 PM wrote: > As far as USB floppy, that may or may not work in Windows XP and higher. > They definitely don't work in Windows 10. You have a problem USB floppy drive or a problem Win10 installation, or both. I have a NEC USB 3.5" floppy drive that works just fine plugged into a USB hub on my HP Core i5 desktop running Win10 Pro. It worked on a previous Win10 Pro machine upgraded from Win7 Pro, and on Win7 Pro before that. (And I recall it working on an old Acer notebook dual-booting WinXP Hop0me and Lubuntu Linux, but I'm not dragging that pout now to test.) __ Dennis ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] floppy drive won't format disk...
The BIOS option is for a USB floppy drive. I'm actually running a real floppy controller as mentioned. I don't think this will work period because the BIOS on the Evoc isn't designed for a real floppy controller. As far as USB floppy, that may or may not work in Windows XP and higher. They definitely don't work in Windows 10. March 12, 2020 7:14 AM, "Eric Auer" wrote: > Hi Michael, > >> Research suggests that ACPI breaks ISA floppy in Windows XP > > Unlikely, if you ask me? > >> Under Advanced -> SuperIO Configuration >> >> OnBoard Floppy Controller Disabled >> Floppy Drive Swap Disabled > > You should probably enable your floppy controller again ;-) > > Eric > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
