[Freedos-user] Freedos 1.2 Syslinux kernel.sys not found

I have made a small video to show my issue with freedos 1.2 and syslinux. After installing it freedos does not boot because it is looking for kernel.sys in c:\fdos\bin\ were there is no such file. Also it seems to be only looking for files in c:\ and kernl386.sys renamed and copied to c:\ is

Re: [Freedos-user] New year and new drivers

On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 22:44:38 +0100, E. Auer wrote: > One-Time ONLY update of the 5-Mar-2015 drivers provided from SourceForge > IBiblio. Does this mean it's actually an update of the open-source branch (with source code, GPL and all)? Too bad distribution is so restricted. Mateusz

Re: [Freedos-user] Preload and start installer from installation target?

Sounds like the CHS data you noted down might not be "true" CHS (if we can talk about "true" CHS at all on a flash device...), but rather LBA- assisted or "Large-shifted" geometry. Have you forced the disk mode in your ~2000 PC when doing the auto-detection? If not, it probably uses LBA by

Re: [Freedos-user] USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

If the drive (vs. the floppy) itself remains an issue in the 486, devices like these [0] are becoming popular. Just plugin some old USB flash drive with the image file and you're good to go. Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator [0] http://a.co/48x3vtl On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 6:52 PM, dmccunney

Re: [Freedos-user] USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> That brings back memories. Back in the day, there was discussion of >> which *brand* of floppies to use, if you wanted to write something to >> floppy, put it on a shelf, and be able to read it again 5 years from >>

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On 2017-01-02 02:53, dmccunney wrote: > Take a variable out of the equation. Start with a fresh, new floppy > disk. Don't try to reuse an ancient one that may be failing due to > age. > > Floppies are still made and should be findable. Will do. Takes time. Userbeitrag.

Re: [Freedos-user] USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

> That brings back memories. Back in the day, there was discussion of > which *brand* of floppies to use, if you wanted to write something to > floppy, put it on a shelf, and be able to read it again 5 years from > now. At the time, the "gold standard" was Dysan. Floppy disk media > varied in

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:48 PM, wrote: > On 2017-01-01 22:27, dmccunney wrote: >>> I don't really expect help here. It is just a message to get the >>> understand for why I cannot load FreeDOS onto a floppy at this time. >> With proper knowledge, I suspect you could. > >

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On 2017-01-01 22:27, dmccunney wrote: >> I don't really expect help here. It is just a message to get the >> understand for why I cannot load FreeDOS onto a floppy at this time. > With proper knowledge, I suspect you could. I know that this USB floppy drive has worked. I was successfully reading

Re: [Freedos-user] Preload and start installer from installation target?

Hello again! I just wanted to report back for all of you who helped me and gave great inputs. Thanks for the CHS/LBA info. This is an IDE Flash module that goes directly into the MBs slot. It doesn't allow to connect another device beside it, so it also doesn't have a master/slave jumper. It

Re: [Freedos-user] USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Santiago Almenara wrote: > 2017-01-01 18:52 GMT-05:00 dmccunney : >> That brings back memories. Back in the day, there was discussion of >> which *brand* of floppies to use, if you wanted to write something to >>

Re: [Freedos-user] USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

Excuse me, I don't want to start a flame war but I always thought that floppy disks production were pretty dead, maybe some obscure Chinese brand were still making them. In the other hand, are Imation, 3M or Sony still making floppies??? Happy New Year! Santiago 2017-01-01 18:52

Re: [Freedos-user] USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > I never had a USB floppy drive but have experience with regular floppy > drives, 3.5" and 5.25". > > In the later years, I had great trouble with floppy drives. Ability to write > was lost before the ability to read.

[Freedos-user] HIMEMX.EXE - Invalid Opcode

I tried to boot FreeDOS 1.2 on my 2005 PC, specs: * BIOS * Intel 945P chipset * Pentium D-950 (64-bit capable) * 2.5 GB DDR2 RAM * SATA in "Compatible Mode" as P-ATA: ** Primary IDE Master: IOMEGA ZIP 250 ** Primary IDE Slave: DVD-RW * PATA from additional controller chip ** TRANSCEND IDE

Re: [Freedos-user] USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

> I was asked why I cannot put FreeDOS on a floppy. Here is the reason. I > just tried another floppy disk that I found. It is original from before > 1995, so it may be broken. I can try to check on my 486 once it is up > and running, but for now this is what I get on Linux when I put the disk >

[Freedos-user] New year and new drivers

Hi everybody, just a quick mail to wish you a happy new year and forward some news from Jack - for those who have a really old PC. Jack made a 2016-12-15 driver update: One-Time ONLY update of the 5-Mar-2015 drivers provided from SourceForge IBiblio. Changes are: * XMGR/UHDD now do real-mode

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 4:15 PM, wrote: > I was asked why I cannot put FreeDOS on a floppy. Here is the reason. I > just tried another floppy disk that I found. It is original from before > 1995, so it may be broken. I can try to check on my 486 once it is up > and

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

Hi, On Jan 1, 2017 3:16 PM, wrote: > > I don't really expect help here. It is just a message to get the > understand for why I cannot load FreeDOS onto a floppy at > this time. This may not be quite what you meant, but ... AFAIK, many modern OSes can't use USB floppies