Re: [Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-05-06 Thread Karen Lewellen 
From: Karen Lewellen 

Just tossing out an idea.
Have you checked the configurations in the bios? By which i mean the
settings set there for all of your hardware?
Brand does not a uniform experience make largely because different
machines have different configurations if that makes sense.
Just wandering through,
Kare


On Sat, 8 Apr 2017, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:

> I've been trying to get FreeDOS to boot an HP desktop & a Lenovo laptop.  The
HP starts to boot the CD-ROM and the last message on the screen is Init disk
and some periods.  How can I figure out what is wrong. Note that the same CD
boots Dell & Gateway computers.
>
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[Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-05-06 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt 
From: Wayne Dernoncourt 

I've been trying to get FreeDOS to boot an HP desktop & a Lenovo laptop.  The
HP starts to boot the CD-ROM and the last message on the screen is Init disk
and some periods.  How can I figure out what is wrong. Note that the same CD
boots Dell & Gateway computers.

This clown speaks for himself

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Re: [Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-05-06 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt 
From: Wayne Dernoncourt 

Well, I'm not sure what BIOS settings are appropriate beyond booting from the
CD/DVD.  I'll look at the settings tomorrow night.

This clown speaks for himself

> On Apr 8, 2017, at 3:40 PM, Karen Lewellen  wrote:
>
> Just tossing out an idea.
> Have you checked the configurations in the bios? By which i mean the
> settings set there for all of your hardware?
> Brand does not a uniform experience make largely because different
> machines have different configurations if that makes sense.
> Just wandering through,
> Kare
>
>
>> On Sat, 8 Apr 2017, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:
>>
>> I've been trying to get FreeDOS to boot an HP desktop & a Lenovo laptop.
The HP starts to boot the CD-ROM and the last message on the screen is Init
disk and some periods.  How can I figure out what is wrong. Note that the same
CD boots Dell & Gateway computers.
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-05-06 Thread Rugxulo 
From: Rugxulo 

Hi,

On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt  wrote:
>
> I've been trying to get FreeDOS to boot an HP desktop & a Lenovo laptop.
> The HP starts to boot the CD-ROM and the last message on the screen is
> Init disk and some periods.  How can I figure out what is wrong. Note that
> the same CD boots Dell & Gateway computers.

If your various machines behave differently, then you may wish to try
the "Legacy" CD (.iso).

Apparently some machines have compatibility issues, so it's
recommended to try either "standard" (FD12CD.iso) and/or "legacy"
(FD12LGCY.iso) until something works (or old release or custom made or
floppy or ...).

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Re: [Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman 
I have a couple of Lenovo T61 laptops that seem to be very picky about what 
they'll boot off a disc. The latest Hiren's, FalconFour, MS DaRT 5, ERD 
Commander - they are all based on Windows XP PE and they start to load and just 
stop. I also tried Ubuntu and Lubuntu. They get to a certain point and the 
laptops reset. Odd thing about that is the older one of the two came with XP. 
The newer one had Vista.

They will boot the BIOS update CD (but I need good batteries to actually flash 
the updates) and I installed Windows 10 on one.
Haven't tried booting a FreeDOS CD yet. I should try that just to see if they 
reject that OS too.
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Re: [Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-04-08 Thread Rugxulo 
Hi,

On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt  wrote:
>
> I've been trying to get FreeDOS to boot an HP desktop & a Lenovo laptop.
> The HP starts to boot the CD-ROM and the last message on the screen is
> Init disk and some periods.  How can I figure out what is wrong. Note that
> the same CD boots Dell & Gateway computers.

If your various machines behave differently, then you may wish to try
the "Legacy" CD (.iso).

Apparently some machines have compatibility issues, so it's
recommended to try either "standard" (FD12CD.iso) and/or "legacy"
(FD12LGCY.iso) until something works (or old release or custom made or
floppy or ...).

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Re: [Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-04-08 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt 
Well, I'm not sure what BIOS settings are appropriate beyond booting from the 
CD/DVD.  I'll look at the settings tomorrow night.

This clown speaks for himself

> On Apr 8, 2017, at 3:40 PM, Karen Lewellen  wrote:
> 
> Just tossing out an idea.
> Have you checked the configurations in the bios? By which i mean the 
> settings set there for all of your hardware?
> Brand does not a uniform experience make largely because different 
> machines have different configurations if that makes sense.
> Just wandering through,
> Kare
> 
> 
>> On Sat, 8 Apr 2017, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:
>> 
>> I've been trying to get FreeDOS to boot an HP desktop & a Lenovo laptop.  
>> The HP starts to boot the CD-ROM and the last message on the screen is Init 
>> disk and some periods.  How can I figure out what is wrong. Note that the 
>> same CD boots Dell & Gateway computers.
>> 
>> This clown speaks for himself
>> 
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Re: [Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-04-08 Thread Karen Lewellen 
Just tossing out an idea.
Have you checked the configurations in the bios? By which i mean the 
settings set there for all of your hardware?
Brand does not a uniform experience make largely because different 
machines have different configurations if that makes sense.
Just wandering through,
Kare


On Sat, 8 Apr 2017, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:

> I've been trying to get FreeDOS to boot an HP desktop & a Lenovo laptop.  The 
> HP starts to boot the CD-ROM and the last message on the screen is Init disk 
> and some periods.  How can I figure out what is wrong. Note that the same CD 
> boots Dell & Gateway computers.
>
> This clown speaks for himself
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[Freedos-user] Booting HP & Lenovo

2017-04-08 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt 
I've been trying to get FreeDOS to boot an HP desktop & a Lenovo laptop.  The 
HP starts to boot the CD-ROM and the last message on the screen is Init disk 
and some periods.  How can I figure out what is wrong. Note that the same CD 
boots Dell & Gateway computers.

This clown speaks for himself

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