Re: [Freedos-user] (sort of) new user with boot issues

On 06/20/2017 07:08 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote: Hi Curtis, Since you are using a multi-boot system, there is something you will probably want to NOT do during the installation of FreeDOS 1.2. You won't want to the boot sector overwritten. So, be sure to run the installer in Advanced Mode and

Re: [Freedos-user] (sort of) new user with boot issues

Hi again, On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Not sure exactly, not something I'm intimately familiar with. So I can > only provide hints (guesses). Found some more (hopefully useful) links: * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Flashing_BIOS_from_Linux *

Re: [Freedos-user] (sort of) new user with boot issues

Hi, On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 5:32 PM, Curtis R Anderson via Freedos-user wrote: > > So, I have a need to run a DOS based utility to flash a SCSI card BIOS. > > I can't boot from a USB-based mass storage device with this desktop's BIOS. > No option is provided

Re: [Freedos-user] (sort of) new user with boot issues

Hi Curtis, Since you are using a multi-boot system, there is something you will probably want to NOT do during the installation of FreeDOS 1.2. You won't want to the boot sector overwritten. So, be sure to run the installer in Advanced Mode and tell it not to do it. It makes a backup of the

[Freedos-user] (sort of) new user with boot issues

I haven't used FreeDOS since I had an old IBM ThinkPad laptop and I needed a DOS based solution to set up the hibernate space. It worked perfectly for that, although not all features were ever made to work. The laptop was retired years ago from hard use. So, I have a need to run a DOS based