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

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 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] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-04-08 Thread userbeitrag
On 2017-03-24 03:46, Dennis Fenton wrote: > Read what I wrote. I burned the iso to a CD. I also downloaded the floppy > img. It doesn't fit! > So my first interaction on this forum is from someone who treats me like a > dummy. Perhaps another reason to say to Hell with FreeDOS. This is not

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-04-08 Thread Dennis Fenton
If you read back in this thread, the problem was dealt with at length and solved. Dennis Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: userbeit...@abwesend.de Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2017 3:38 AM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply