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

[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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

[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