Post ls -l of your usb drive. As Jim mentioned, you can not just copy the .img file to a formatted usb. You have to burn the image to the drive to make it bootable. JP
On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 11:27 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > To confirm, you're trying to boot the USB installer: > > > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.3/official/FD13-FullUSB.zip > > > I assume you unzipped this and wrote the image to the USB flash drive > using the right tool, and didn't just use Copy to get the file to the > drive? (I'm asking because that's a common mistake.) > > You will definitely need to use Legacy mode to boot FreeDOS. Legacy > provides a BIOS which FreeDOS needs to run. > > When you booted, did you have the USB flash drive already plugged into the > computer? Remember that DOS doesn't understand USB per se, so you can't > plug/unplug the USB flash drive after FreeDOS has booted. > > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 10:29 PM Davi Ramos via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> So, as I said in another message, I have a computer where I wish to >> install FreeDOS. It is a *Compaq Presario 427, Intel Pentium N3700, 4GB >> RAM, SSD 240GB, and a 14" screen.* >> >> Unfortunately, I cannot get it to boot the installation media >> <https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.3/official/FD13-FullUSB.zip>. >> I have tried numerous USB flash drives as well as an SD card. Forcing it to >> boot takes me back to the bios screen after a few seconds. When I change >> the boot mode to "Legacy", than the flash drive simply disappear. To the >> bios, it's like it doesn't exist. >> >> I'm not sure what the etiquette of sending files to a mailing list is, so >> I uploaded the images with all the settings available on my computer's >> bios. Maybe that will help. I've tried a bunch of combinations but nothing >> seems to work. I was capable of booting into antiX Linux, so it is not as >> if the bios won't boot anything. >> >> These are the images of the bios: https://imgur.com/a/pw8xJBS >> >> Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
_______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
