Re: [Freedos-user] legacy ATA support
So, even though I can't access the hard drive in Freecdos, the firmware update should work? On Thursday, July 17, 2014 7:57 PM, tomehlert t...@tomehlert.de wrote: As I mentioned earlier, Freedos requires a ATA legacy mode in BIOS, which I don't have. wrong. Found this in the archives http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/26625851/ UIDE/UIDEJR can run AHCI drives on mainboards that have a legacy or native IDE setting for AHCI controllers, i.e. the drives can be addressed using standard SATA/IDE I-O logic. right. UIDE doesn't work on AHCI controllers - and isn´t required for FreeDOS. FreeDOS is perfectly happy without UIDE. (UIDE might even get in the way of updating your HD firmware.) AS SAID BEFORE search for RUFUS (RUFUS_v1.2) install to USB key add your WD files boot from USB key your 'update HD Firmware' Software should take care about anything else (even only to tell you 'this software requires windows') Tom On Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:01 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: Mine is a Western Digital WD10EALX. The file R313263.exe extracts to C:\dell\drivers\R313263. The readme.txt in the directory is as follows: THE INFORMATION, FIRMWARE AND TOOLS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS (THE “INFORMATION”), CONTAINED HEREIN IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS AND WD ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INFORMATION UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, EVEN IF WD HAS BEEN ADVISED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WD EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT. Installation 1. Extract .zip file to a known path 2. Copy WD.bat and WD4082.exe to root directory of a bootable USB key. 3. Boot from USB key and ensure drive path includes WD.bat and WD4082.exe. 4. Type WD and hit Enter. 5. Firmware update will provide messaging indicating successful update. Note: Update checks current firmware version and will not run on identical version. -- 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 Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen tomehlert mailto:t...@tomehlert.de -- 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
The main reason I want Freedos is to flash my hard drive with the latest firmware. I assume that the hard drive cannot be found for this purpose without legacy ATA support. I suppose unnecessary drivers (or worse necessary ones?) can brick a hard drive too? I wonder if it would be better if companies such as Western Digital provide a Linux image or ISO or something? -- 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
Found this in the archives http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/26625851/ UIDE/UIDEJR can run AHCI drives on mainboards that have a legacy or native IDE setting for AHCI controllers, i.e. the drives can be addressed using standard SATA/IDE I-O logic. In simple terms, I'm screwed. -- 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
Mine is a Western Digital WD10EALX. The file R313263.exe extracts to C:\dell\drivers\R313263. The readme.txt in the directory is as follows: THE INFORMATION, FIRMWARE AND TOOLS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS (THE “INFORMATION”), CONTAINED HEREIN IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS AND WD ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INFORMATION UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, EVEN IF WD HAS BEEN ADVISED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WD EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT. Installation 1. Extract .zip file to a known path 2. Copy WD.bat and WD4082.exe to root directory of a bootable USB key. 3. Boot from USB key and ensure drive path includes WD.bat and WD4082.exe. 4. Type WD and hit Enter. 5. Firmware update will provide messaging indicating successful update. Note: Update checks current firmware version and will not run on identical version. -- 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
The readme says bootable USB key I assume they mean a DOS one. Especially due to licensing issues making one that boots Windows is a *REAL* project.l On Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:01 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: Mine is a Western Digital WD10EALX. The file R313263.exe extracts to C:\dell\drivers\R313263. The readme.txt in the directory is as follows: THE INFORMATION, FIRMWARE AND TOOLS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS (THE “INFORMATION”), CONTAINED HEREIN IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS AND WD ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INFORMATION UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, EVEN IF WD HAS BEEN ADVISED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WD EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT. Installation 1. Extract .zip file to a known path 2. Copy WD.bat and WD4082.exe to root directory of a bootable USB key. 3. Boot from USB key and ensure drive path includes WD.bat and WD4082.exe. 4. Type WD and hit Enter. 5. Firmware update will provide messaging indicating successful update. Note: Update checks current firmware version and will not run on identical version. -- 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] legacy ATA support
dmccunney: Note that says installation disk. That means you can potentially start an install of Vista/7 from a USB drive. It does not mean you can create a portable Windows installation that will *run* from a thumbdrive. Me: If I can copy files to the flash drive and get to a DOS prompt and run a program such as a firmware update I'm happy. I don't need a portable Windows installation. My guess though is that it is a DOS program, in which case I expect the computer to freeze before bricking the hard drive. Incidentally, why do you need to flash the BIOS on the WD drive? If the drive is performing as expected, it might not be necessary. Does the BIOS update provide something you have to have? I can probably do without. It doesn't really seem worth all this effort. I like to keep everything up to date. -- 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
dmccunney: Note that says installation disk. That means you can potentially start an install of Vista/7 from a USB drive. It does not mean you can create a portable Windows installation that will *run* from a thumbdrive. Me: If I can copy files to the flash drive and get to a DOS prompt and run a program such as a firmware update I'm happy. I don't need a portable Windows installation. Even the installation disk allows you to get to the C:\. My guess though is that it is a DOS program, in which case I expect the computer to freeze before bricking the hard drive. I can probably do without. It doesn't really seem worth all this effort. I like to keep everything up to date. -- 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
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] 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?
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] 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
[Freedos-user] Blinking Cursor when booting Freedos
I got to the point where I got a blinking cursor in the top left corner of the screen when booting Freedos. I decided to try booting from two other computers and from what I can tell, Freedos works on the other two computers. On the computer where Freedos isn't working, there aren't a whole lot of BIOS options, but I wrote down everything I thought might possibly be a problem. Dell XPS 7100 BIOS ver A06 64-bit processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T USB Flash Drive: TOSHIBA TransM How-to used: http://chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/howto/ BIOS settings: Secure Virtual Machine Mode: Enabled AMD Cool 'N' Quiet: Enabled USB Operation Mode: High Speed Numlock Key: On Keyboard Errors: Report ACPI Suspend Type: S3 Remote Wake Up:Enabled AC Recovery: Power Off Auto Power On: Disabled Any Ideas? FAQs I should read? -- 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] Blinking Cursor when booting Freedos
In case you missed it, I am talking about a flash drive. Also, when using the howto mentioned in the previous post, I used Ubuntu 14.04 LTS which has a highly invasive and unsupported modification of SYSLINUX called gfxboot. -- 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] Blinking Cursor when booting Freedos
USB flash drive -- 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] Blinking Cursor when booting Freedos
I used the FreeDos bootable USB flash drive HOWTO not the img file supplied on the web site. Doing the latter it or using the FreeDos bootable image generation HOWTO causes problems, for example, when booting I got disk geometry problems. I didn't follow all the directions exactly, since I used graphical tools when possible and the HOWTO didn't tell me about aligning the drive, whatever that means. I used Gparted and left a megabyte at the beginning and end of the drive. Like I said, a preliminary check on two other computers seems to indicate I did things correctly. I got a DOS prompt and was able to get a directory listing of the drive. On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 8:00 PM, Louis Santillan lpsan...@gmail.com wrote: So, you followed the instructions exactly? What was the output for dd if=FreeDOS-1.1-memstick-2-256MB.img of=/dev/sdz bs=512k? What is the output of fdisk /dev/sdz? On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote: USB flash drive -- 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
[Freedos-user] Trying to install Freedos 1.1 reboots computer
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. Any Ideas? FAQs I should read? For convenience the system info is reposted: Dell XPS 7100 BIOS ver A06 64-bit processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T USB Flash Drive: TOSHIBA TransM How-to used: http://chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/howto/ BIOS settings: Secure Virtual Machine Mode: Enabled AMD Cool 'N' Quiet: Enabled USB Operation Mode: High Speed Numlock Key: On Keyboard Errors: Report ACPI Suspend Type: S3 Remote Wake Up:Enabled AC Recovery: Power Off Auto Power On: Disabled -- 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
