Re: [Freedos-user] Trying to install Freedos 1.1 reboots computer
Hi, On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: I need to reinstall Windows anyway, so I thought I'd try installing Freedos first since I have a USB flash drive that boots on two computers I have access to but not on my computer. I have already included my system information in the thread Blinking Cursor when booting Freedos. I believe the problem two problems are related and boil down to BIOS settings or hardware incompatibility. Install to harddisk and Create drive C: reboots the computer. Boot from system harddisk works right, bringing up the GRUB menu. I have multiple partitions and would like to install to the one of my choice. Try installing manually, i.e. fdisk, fdapm coldboot, format, sys. I assume you know the drill. :-) Also, which FDISK are you trying to use? Presumably FD Fdisk? Perhaps (since someone mentioned SATA) that SPFdisk would work better for you?? Any Ideas? FAQs I should read? http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/base/fdisk.htm USB Flash Drive: TOSHIBA TransM Maybe this particular jump drive is old or defective? Can you get another OS (e.g. Fedora via liveUSB) working on it? Or can you use another jump drive entirely? Have you tried similar tools on this jump drive? Can you try UNetBootIn or RUFUS? http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ http://rufus.akeo.ie/ How-to used: http://chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/howto/ This HOWTO is rather terse. In October 2013 I wrote a new HOWTO explaining how to generate your own bootable FreeDOS image file, suitable for dd'ing onto a USB stick or booting via PXE. I think the new HOWTO is more elaborate than the one you are reading right now, so please take a look at it. So, erm, please try the new HOWTO, and see if that works better: http://chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/image-generation-howto/ BIOS settings: Secure Virtual Machine Mode: Enabled AMD Cool 'N' Quiet: Enabled USB Operation Mode: High Speed ACPI Suspend Type: S3 Remote Wake Up:Enabled Try disabling any (or all) of these. -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Rufus error messages
I tried Rufus again, this time writing down error messages. C: HD1, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-32-33, start= 1MB, size= 14792MB BIOS reported 0 sectors/track, assuming 63! BIOS reported 0 sectors/track, assuming 63! D: HD3, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-32-33, start= 1MB, size= 200MB BIOS reported 0 sectors/track, assuming 63! Info about Freedos used by Rufus: FreeDOS kernel 2041 (build 2041 OEM:0xfd) Kernel compatibility 7.10 - WATCOMC - FAT32 support -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Rufus error messages
Looks like a BIOS issue. What hard drive/chipset options do you have when you enter the BIOS? The online docs I'm able to find don't show a whole lot of configurability. On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: I tried Rufus again, this time writing down error messages. C: HD1, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-32-33, start= 1MB, size= 14792MB BIOS reported 0 sectors/track, assuming 63! BIOS reported 0 sectors/track, assuming 63! D: HD3, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-32-33, start= 1MB, size= 200MB BIOS reported 0 sectors/track, assuming 63! Info about Freedos used by Rufus: FreeDOS kernel 2041 (build 2041 OEM:0xfd) Kernel compatibility 7.10 - WATCOMC - FAT32 support -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?
Quoting Felix Miata mrma...@earthlink.net: On 2014-07-12 12:03 (GMT-0700) Dave Stevens composed: I need to make a bootable DOS disk and don't see how. I have a computer that needs a BIOS update. Instructions are to make a bootable DOZ diskette, boot from that, run the manufactorer's update program and the BIOS update will be copied into the ROM. But! the smallest boot diskette I can make doesn't have enough room for the update program and the BIOS image. You don't need everything on one floppy. Put the BIOS image on a separate floppy. After booting, switch floppies, then flash. You don't have to use a floppy. All you really need is any boot disk that doesn't load drivers or other fluff into RAM during boot. If you have an extra HD, create a small DOS partition on it, do format C: /S, put the flash program and bios image on it, boot from it without any AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS, then flash. I don't have a spare hard drive to use. I tried rufus and it ALMOST does what I want but seems to be set up to install freedos on a drive. I don't want that. I'd like to make a bootable USB flash drive that boots to an A: prompt with lots of space. Changing diskettes to the one with the flash program and bios image fails for some reason when changing diskettes. Ideas? Dave -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to office -- Aesop -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 19:37:28 +0200, Dave Stevens g...@uniserve.com wrote: I don't have a spare hard drive to use. I tried rufus and it ALMOST does what I want but seems to be set up to install freedos on a drive. No, it's not. Did you give it an ISO image? You can just choose Create a bootable disk using FreeDOS and it will only copy the kernel, COMMAND.COM, and KEYB (I think). -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?
On 2014-07-16 10:37 (GMT-0700) Dave Stevens composed: Changing diskettes to the one with the flash program and bios image fails for some reason when changing diskettes. Ideas? 1-configure a boot floppy with USB support 2-put the flash program and new BIOS file on a USB stick 3-try flashing immediately after boot by prepending drive letter to flash program That may not work if the flash program isn't smart enough to find the BIOS binary on the non-current drive, in which case: 4-add command.com to the USB stick 5-boot the floppy 6-change to the drive letter allocated to the USB stick 7-flash Another alternative: old floppy drives and dual drive cables are in virtually every small shop that fixes puters. Put a second one on the cable to put the #2 floppy in. That's how PCs were used before HDs for PCs existed. Also, old shops tend to have old small HDs nobody wants they will sell dirt cheap or give away. With a PATA to SATA converter one of those with a small FAT primary partition containing only boot and flash files could be used even for a brand new puter. Similar goes for ZIP drives, where you could put the flash files instead of on a second floppy. -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Rufus error messages
I figured it out. USB Operation Mode at High Speed interferes with Freedos installation and USB flash drive booting. ACPI Suspend Type at S3 also interferes with Freedos installation. I haven't actually installed Freedos yet, but I can get a listing of the partitions on the hard disk with fdisk. After installing Rufus I ran dd to put an image on the disk (compressed file from chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/FreeDos-1.1-memstick-2-2048M.img.bz2). This was before I figured out the BIOS settings which interfered with booting. When booting from a flash USB drive, I can't access the hard drive, DVD drive, or the USB hard drive. I can access the USB flash drive fine, at least with the dir command. -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Trying to install Freedos 1.1 reboots computer
Hi! Try installing manually, i.e. fdisk, fdapm coldboot, format, sys. I assume you know the drill. :-) Indeed... use FDISK, FORMAT and SYS and throw in a few reboots between steps to make sure that DOS is in sync with all changes, just in case. USB Flash Drive: TOSHIBA TransM Maybe your USB drive shows as C: when booting from it? In that case, you want to install FreeDOS to D: if you plan to install it on the harddisk... BIOS settings: Secure Virtual Machine Mode: Enabled AMD Cool 'N' Quiet: Enabled USB Operation Mode: High Speed ACPI Suspend Type: S3 Remote Wake Up:Enabled Note of those should cause any problems, but to save a bit of energy, I would suggest to disable remote wakeup (wake-on-lan) in the BIOS if you do not really need it. In particular, I recommend to keep Cool n Quiet enabled. Regards, Eric -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Rufus error messages
Here is my autoexec.bat file below. Note it has uide.sys and shsucdx already. I don't know if the options are correct for my system, though. The last time I messed with DOS was about 15-20 years ago when I didn't have a CD Drive, let alone a DVD drive. By the way, it plays Blu-ray disks too, don't know if that matters. The only difference between using FreeDOS-1.1-memstick-2-2048M.img.bz2 and the manual HOWTO (http://chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/howto/) as far as the autoexec.bat file goes is one has mouse and the other ctmouse. @echo off set lang=EN set PATH=%dosdir%\bin set NLSPATH=%dosdir%\NLS set HELPPATH=%dosdir%\HELP set temp=%dosdir%\temp set tmp=%dosdir%\temp SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 set DIRCMD=/P /OGN if %config%==4 goto end lh doslfn SHSUCDX /QQ /D3 IF EXIST FDBOOTCD.ISO LH SHSUCDHD /Q /F:FDBOOTCD.ISO LH FDAPM APMDOS if %config%==2 LH SHARE REM LH DISPLAY CON=(EGA,,1) REM NLSFUNC C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS REM MODE CON CP PREP=((858) A:\cpi\EGA.CPX) REM MODE CON CP SEL=858 REM CHCP 858 REM LH KEYB US,,C:\FDOS\bin\KEY\US.KL ctmouse DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\bin\uide.sys /D:FDCD0001 /S5 ShsuCDX /QQ /~ /D:?SHSU-CDH /D:?FDCD0001 /D:?FDCD0002 /D:?FDCD0003 mem /c /n shsucdx /D goto end :end SET autofile=C:\autoexec.bat SET CFGFILE=C:\fdconfig.sys alias reboot=fdapm warmboot alias halt=fdapm poweroff echo type HELP to get support on commands and navigation echo. echo Welcome to FreeDOS 1.1 echo. -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?
Hi, On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Dave Stevens g...@uniserve.com wrote: Quoting Felix Miata mrma...@earthlink.net: On 2014-07-12 12:03 (GMT-0700) Dave Stevens composed: I need to make a bootable DOS disk and don't see how. I have a computer that needs a BIOS update. But! the smallest boot diskette I can make doesn't have enough room for the update program and the BIOS image. How big exactly is the update program + BIOS image? You said it doesn't fit. Is it some kind of .EXE sfx, already compressed, or what? Naively, I wonder if you tried 7-Zip to compress it. Then, as long as you have about 60 kb free, you can add 7zdecode.exe (or use UHarc or even paq8o8z or such). You don't need everything on one floppy. Put the BIOS image on a separate floppy. After booting, switch floppies, then flash. I don't have a spare hard drive to use. I tried rufus and it ALMOST does what I want but seems to be set up to install freedos on a drive. RUFUS is not very big nor complete, by default, unless you use the full 1.1 .iso. How big is your USB jump drive? I don't want that. I'd like to make a bootable USB flash drive that boots to an A: prompt with lots of space. Probably boots as C:, is that not what you want?? Why? Just adjust your .BATs. Or use SUBST. I'm not understanding the problem here. Changing diskettes to the one with the flash program and bios image fails for some reason when changing diskettes. You probably need to copy /b the shell to a RAM disk, then set COMSPEC=R:\COMMAND.COM or such. -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Rufus error messages
Hi, On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: Here is my autoexec.bat file below. Note it has uide.sys and shsucdx already. I don't know if the options are correct for my system, though. The last time I messed with DOS was about 15-20 years ago when I didn't have a CD Drive, let alone a DVD drive. By the way, it plays Blu-ray disks too, don't know if that matters. Dunno, I haven't used a lot of CDs in DOS in recent years either. I think I tried it successfully, but honestly, I just don't have a lot of stuff, just a few random old games that obviously weren't that urgent for me to get working (at the time). I should probably test some more. Of course, without sound (and whatnot), they are sometimes less enjoyable. Here's a snip from my setup: 123?DEVICE=C:\UTILS\XMGR.SYS /N128 DEVICEHIGH=C:\UTILS\UIDE.SYS /S127 /D:FDCD000 /H shcdx33f /Q /D?FDCD000 /~ @echo off set lang=EN set PATH=%dosdir%\bin I don't see DOSDIR set here at all! :-P lh doslfn SHSUCDX /QQ /D3 Can't remember if that's correct. Don't know if LFNs are needed in most cases. Try disabling DOSLFN, for now. http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/base/shsucdx.htm Okay, so where's the device name? And why reserve three drives? IF EXIST FDBOOTCD.ISO LH SHSUCDHD /Q /F:FDBOOTCD.ISO Mounting an .ISO, eh? :-) Then I guess you don't need UIDE at all. FYI, I never use this. If it works, good. Sounds messy, though. I don't know if it's getting confused here or not. But definitely I am! :-) In other words, I just use the files directly and don't try to read from .iso. Presumably it shouldn't be hard to extract the files and manually copy them over. LH FDAPM APMDOS You should probably disable this, for now. if %config%==2 LH SHARE I don't even know how well (FD) SHARE works for us (incomplete?). ctmouse Disable this, for now. DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\bin\uide.sys /D:FDCD0001 /S5 ShsuCDX /QQ /~ /D:?SHSU-CDH /D:?FDCD0001 /D:?FDCD0002 /D:?FDCD0003 Eh? You're loading SHSUCDX twice? Okay, so indeed you are trying to use three optical (CD/DVD) drives?? shsucdx /D No idea if this is required three different times. I would be surprised. -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Rufus error messages
Hi, On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: I figured it out. USB Operation Mode at High Speed interferes with Freedos installation and USB flash drive booting. ACPI Suspend Type at S3 also interferes with Freedos installation. I haven't actually installed Freedos yet, but I can get a listing of the partitions on the hard disk with fdisk. Okay, good to know. After installing Rufus I ran dd to put an image on the disk (compressed file from chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/FreeDos-1.1-memstick-2-2048M.img.bz2). This was before I figured out the BIOS settings which interfered with booting. Okay. When booting from a flash USB drive, I can't access the hard drive, DVD drive, or the USB hard drive. I can access the USB flash drive fine, at least with the dir command. So, even now, with BIOS adjusted, you're only seeing the jump drive? If you can't access any hard drives, then something else is going wrong. I'm honestly too dumb to know what I'm talking about here, but you'll have to enable legacy mode that doesn't use SATA or AHCI or whatever. If your machine doesn't allow that, then you're out of luck. Now, if you meant you can't see your (empty) hard drives in order to partition them, you may want to use SPFdisk, which allegedly could support SATA (not that I ever tried). So FD FDISK might not be able to. -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?
You can get a 16GB flash drive at MaoMart, I mean Walmart, of course for US$12.97 (at least in Cleveland, OH). -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Rufus error messages
The autoexec.bat file is the default Freedos batch file. -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?
USB drive, of course. On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:41 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: You can get a 16GB flash drive at MaoMart, I mean Walmart, of course for US$12.97 (at least in Cleveland, OH). -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: You can get a 16GB flash drive at MaoMart, I mean Walmart, of course for US$12.97 (at least in Cleveland, OH). I got a 32GB Micro Center branded USB drive at their location in NYC for $15, and a 32GB Micro Center microSD card with full size SD adapter for $13. Brand name stuff, like Samsung and Toshiba, were almost as cheap. I believe Micro Center began and is HQed in Cleveland, so local to you. I'm delighted one opened where I am, as it provides a source for all the fiddly bits I tend to need. Staples, Best Buy, etc. may carry what I want, but it won't be in stock in the stores and must be ordered online. I generally tend to need stuff on short notice, and want to go to a store that day and come home with it. __ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Rufus error messages
I'm honestly too dumb to know what I'm talking about here, but you'll have to enable legacy mode that doesn't use SATA or AHCI or whatever. If your machine doesn't allow that, then you're out of luck. Only SATA Modes available are AHCI and RAID Looks like I'm S.O.L. -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] legacy ATA support (was: Rufus error messages)
On 2014-07-16 17:18 (GMT-0700) Bill Haught composed: Only SATA Modes available are AHCI and RAID Looks like I'm S.O.L. BIOS has no mention of IDE or Legacy anywhere at all? If not, I would think AHCI would include some degree of legacy support. -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] legacy ATA support (was: Rufus error messages)
Also you try booting with uide as Rugxulo mention (config.sys) or try booting from cd. On Wednesday, July 16, 2014, Felix Miata mrma...@earthlink.net wrote: On 2014-07-16 17:18 (GMT-0700) Bill Haught composed: Only SATA Modes available are AHCI and RAID Looks like I'm S.O.L. BIOS has no mention of IDE or Legacy anywhere at all? If not, I would think AHCI would include some degree of legacy support. -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net javascript:; https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] legacy ATA support
On 2014-07-16 18:55 (GMT-0700) Louis Santillan composed: Also you try booting with uide as Rugxulo mention (config.sys) or try booting from cd. I wouldn't try that myself except as an absolutely last resort. Most flash utilities that come with any documentation warn that DOS needs to be loaded with empty CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Totally empty is probably overkill, but who knows what might be unsafe? -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
