Houston, we have a problem. re: FreeDOS 1.3RC
Downloaded https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.3/previews/1.3-rc3/FD13-LiveCD.zip I don't have any blank CDs so burned the ISO onto a DVD+RW disc Booted it up on this Intel i5 machine which has a SATA DVD+RW drive Chose the live option... result ... ERROR: Unable to initialize CD-ROM drive. A:\> ____________________________ So, booted it on the Intel DualCore machine which also has a SATA DVD+RW drive. Chose the live option... result ... ERROR: Unable to initialize CD-ROM drive. A:\> ___________________________ Will now try booting it on the old-as-dirt circa 1997 P-II machine which has an IDE/PATA DVD+RW drive. BRB ____________________________ There we go... she's loading-up. (quite slowly 'cus this P-II is only 266Mhz and has only 512MB of RAM) OK.... loaded-up and sitting at.... R:\> ____ So, SATA DVD+RW drives seem to be a no-go. -- http://www.glennmcc.org/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
