Re: [Freedos-user] BM cannot boot FD 1.2

2022-01-09 Thread TK Chia
Hello Ray, What about the KERNEL location in the tree?  Prior to 1.2 it was in the root, now it is in FDOS\BIN.  If I run SYS C: from a 1.1 Floppy, then copy 1.2 KRNEL386, as KERNEL, over the 1.1 KERNEL, should that leave me with the 1.2 kernel where it belongs on the drive? Huh? I would

Re: [Freedos-user] BM cannot boot FD 1.2

2022-01-09 Thread Ray Davison
Rugxulo wrote: The 1.2 kernel has been renamed and moved, I get "Can't load operating system. Press to reboot..." Presumably just rename the kernel to "KERNEL.SYS" first. But you may have to update the boot sector name, too (use SYS or maybe WDE). What about the KERNEL location in the

Re: [Freedos-user] BM cannot boot FD 1.2

2022-01-09 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 3:25 PM Ray Davison wrote: > > I now have a coincidence. The 1.2 kernel has been renamed and moved, > and The boot manager cannot boot the partition. Is there actually a > cause involved here? > > I have pointed the BM to both Kernlxx.sys, command.com, and

[Freedos-user] BM cannot boot FD 1.2

2022-01-09 Thread Ray Davison
I am maintaining several machines that do serious work on FD. For several years they have all had FD 1.1. I just installed 1.2, basic, over 1.1 on one machine. FD seemed to install OK, and took over booting the partition as expected. FD 1.2 seemed to load OK. I then reactivated the boot