Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

If you want to use CF chips instead of a harddrive. I'd recommend Komputerbay chips sold on Amazon. They aren't marked internally as removable like most. Currently I'm using 32 gig to run dos. Hard to find anything smaller now. You can run win 7 on them if you want. cheers DS On Thu, 4 Jan

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

It's apparently blocking the FreeDOS USB booted setup from making any writes to IDE, after initially blocking it from detecting there's a drive there at all. What would be nice is if I could get one of these thin clients in the hands of someone who can check it out in depth to figure out what

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

Hi, On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user wrote: > > The workaround at the bottom of this page will have to be implemented in > FreeDOS in order to install it from USB. Writing to MSRs? Do you really think that's what Quentin did? I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

I just tried installing FreeDOS 1.2 Lite from a 512 meg USB drive onto a WYSE S30. Result? Failure. It boots and launches the setup. First is says there's no fixed disk, then is says drive D: is not partitioned. So I have it partition and reboot. Repeats this exactly the same. The BIOS *does*

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

The CNC control software has to have EMS. Without it, it can't use any more than low memory. It's *old* software, capable of running on a 1981 vintage 5150 IBM PC. So I would assume it knows nothing of newer EMS types with their fancy features. If only Light Machines, then Intelitek, had

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

Hi Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user, > Here's the FreeDOS image. Volume label is FREEDOS2012. Will mount in > Quemu as a RAW image. Can't relocate the site I downloaded it from. > https://anonfile.com/J8sau4d4bc/FreeDOS.rar AUTOEXEC.BAT says: "Image pour le Wyse S30 par Quentin Bouteiller

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

Some thoughts... The storage is an IDE Flash Disk, AKA Disk On Module. It has a 44 pin female header connector, same electrical interface as a 2.5" IDE hard drive. They're available dirt cheap in sizes from 64 megabytes to 2 gigabytes, not so cheap in 4 and 8 gigabytes... You can also use a

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

Here's the FreeDOS image. Volume label is FREEDOS2012. Will mount in Quemu as a RAW image. Can't relocate the site I downloaded it from.https://anonfile.com/J8sau4d4bc/FreeDOS.rar The storage is an IDE Flash Disk, AKA Disk On Module. It has a 44 pin female header connector, same electrical

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

Hi Greg, I don't need anything complicated for DOS, just configuring the 128 meg RAM for as much EMS as possible because the old software I want to run uses EMS not XMS, and USB support for reading files from flash drives. Getting the Realtek AC97 sound and Realtek LAN working would be nice,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

Hi Gregg, > Boot from USB and it's there. I have a FreeDOS image for a 64 megabyte > module, which someone French setup for these thin clients. It will boot > just fine, but in French. Somehow it works around or ignores it hiding > or disabling the IDE controller. 1) Where did you get the

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

I'm attempting to get some DOS onto a WYSE Sx0 thin client. The problem is right after the OS starts to load from the IDE flash module, the BIOS steps in and hides the IDE controller. So it comes up missing operating system. Boot from USB and it's there. I have a FreeDOS image for a 64 megabyte