Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Damien Guibouret]

Rugxulo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 6:11 AM, matthew berardi
>  wrote:
> 
>>let's assume UEFI+GPT is the problem, how do I fix it?
>>
>>I do usually boot UEFI
> 
> 
> But I'm not sure that all so-called UEFI machines even offer CSM, so
> you may be out of luck.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#CSM_booting
> 
> Though it could also be your particular USB key doesn't support
> booting. (Some few don't, but most do.) You may wish to try an
> entirely different jump drive. (Or are you only testing hard drives??)
> 
> You could also try this guy's USB creation method:
> http://joelinoff.com/blog/?p=431
> 
> If none of that works, you may be stuck with VMs. (But honestly,
> that's not too horrible, they work pretty well these days, e.g. QEMU /
> KVM, VBox, etc.) See here:
> https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/

Hello,

Your problem could also be due to you are trying to boot from a hard disk when 
the used freedos image is done for a removable drive.
So you have to edit the freedos image to change disk number in the boot sector 
(byte 36 of image shall be set from 0 to 128 considering you are using the 
first 
internal disk).
The number of sectors per track and heads per cylinder will be wrong also. But 
I 
do not know if the boot sector and kernel code relies on them or automatically 
detects these parameters through int 0x13 (or use extended int 0x13 in which 
case they are meaningless). If it uses definitions from boot sector, you will 
have to update them either.

Regards,

Damien

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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Rugxulo]

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 6:11 AM, matthew berardi
 wrote:
>
> let's assume UEFI+GPT is the problem, how do I fix it?
>
> I do usually boot UEFI

But I'm not sure that all so-called UEFI machines even offer CSM, so
you may be out of luck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#CSM_booting

Though it could also be your particular USB key doesn't support
booting. (Some few don't, but most do.) You may wish to try an
entirely different jump drive. (Or are you only testing hard drives??)

You could also try this guy's USB creation method:
http://joelinoff.com/blog/?p=431

If none of that works, you may be stuck with VMs. (But honestly,
that's not too horrible, they work pretty well these days, e.g. QEMU /
KVM, VBox, etc.) See here:
https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/

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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Mikkel C. Simonsen]

Don Flowers wrote:
> If I am not mistaken FreeDOS unzip will extract the file. Here's the 
> text how to:
> ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-4/sp39596.html

No, unzip has this to say:

Archive:  sp39596.exe
   End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
   a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
   latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
   the last disk(s) of this archive.
note:  sp39596.exe may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip:  can't find zipfile directory in sp39596.exe,
 and can't find sp39596.exe.zip, period.

No idea why they would supply a DOS-driver with a win32 installer...

When I ran the installer, it just unpacked the files in the c:\swsetup 
directory, without asking where to put the files. But that may be a 
limitation of the OS/2 win32 support.

Best regards,

Mikkel

> 
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Mikkel C. Simonsen  > wrote:
> 
> Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote:
> >  Assuming the EXE is an executable archive, you could use the free
> DOSBox or Virtual Box on Linux to extract the exe.
> 
> It's actually a win32 installer. But it runs just fine on OS/2 :)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mikkel
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Don Flowers]

If I am not mistaken FreeDOS unzip will extract the file. Here's the text
how to:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-4/sp39596.html

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Mikkel C. Simonsen 
wrote:

> Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote:
> > Assuming the EXE is an executable archive, you could use the free DOSBox
> or Virtual Box on Linux to extract the exe.
>
> It's actually a win32 installer. But it runs just fine on OS/2 :)
>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Mikkel C. Simonsen]

Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote:
> Assuming the EXE is an executable archive, you could use the free DOSBox or 
> Virtual Box on Linux to extract the exe.

It's actually a win32 installer. But it runs just fine on OS/2 :)

Best regards,

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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Mikkel C. Simonsen]

matthew berardi wrote:
> Any idea where I might be able to get those files without running an 
> .exe. I can't run an exe, at least not until I get FreeDOS installed.

I can send you the contents as a zip file. But gmail will not allow a 
zip file containing (among other things) exe files. So send me a 
non-gmail e-mail address, and I will send you the files.

Best regards,

Mikkel


> 
> Thanks!
> Matt
> 
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:56 AM, Don Flowers  > wrote:
> 
> You are going to need to download this:
> ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-4/sp39596.exe
> 
> And then you need to download Jerome's FDI image and and substitute
> the AHCI.SYS driver for the UIDE/UDVD driver. On my Acer laptop and
> that's the only thing that works for me. This will give access to
> the hard drive. Once you have the hard drive formatted and "SYSed"
> Report back,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
> > wrote:
> 
> Hello Matt,
> 
> >  In the Boot tab in my BIOS, the menu for Xst Boot has CD, USB
> Floppy, USB CD, etc, etc and UEFI at the bottom. Usually I have
> UEFI as first and only boot. However, I've changed it to USB
> Floppy (I dunno why it thinks it's a floppy) as first and only,
> no UEFI. I can't see any option to disable UEFI more than that.
> 
> When you try to boot the image, if you only see a blank screen
> with blinking cursor, and you never see the “FreeDOS kernel
> 2041……..” messages, the kernel is either not compatible or is
> not being loaded. Unfortunately, I don’t know enough about your
> specific hardware. So, I cannot say if it is not compatible with
> FreeDOS. Or, what exact settings you would need to make to get
> it to run the OS.
> 
> Perhaps, if you submit the information for your BIOS
> manufacturer and version, someone may know exactly what to
> change. Or, possibly may be familiar with getting FreeDOS to
> work in a similar situation.
> 
> Sorry that I could not be of greater assistance.
> 
> Jerome
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[matthew berardi]

Okay. I wrote a fresh MBR to the disk, just to be safe. dd'd the image.
copied AHCI.SYS to the root. changed line 18 to read: DEVLOAD /H /Q
%dosdir%\AHCI.SYS /D:FDCD0001

and no change :( black screen, blinking cursor

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:25 AM, Don Flowers  wrote:

> rename this back to ahci.sys
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:21 AM, matthew berardi  > wrote:
>
>> haha! I'm downloading a modern.ie image right now because it flew
>> totally over my head I could run FreeDOS in VirtualBox!
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Matt,
>>>
>>> > I don't understand. I don't see AHCI.SYS or UIDE/UDVD in the FDI image.
>>>
>>> Don is referring to line 18 in the autoexec.bat
>>>
>>> DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UDVD2.SYS /D:FDCD0001
>>>
>>> > This particular disk has never never been GPT and the table is
>>> obliterated anyway because I dd'd the FDI image to the disk itself, not a
>>> partition.
>>> >
>>> > Any idea where I might be able to get those files without running an
>>> .exe. I can't run an exe, at least not until I get FreeDOS installed.
>>>
>>> Assuming the EXE is an executable archive, you could use the free DOSBox
>>> or Virtual Box on Linux to extract the exe.
>>>
>>> Jerome
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Don Flowers]

rename this back to ahci.sys

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:21 AM, matthew berardi 
wrote:

> haha! I'm downloading a modern.ie image right now because it flew totally
> over my head I could run FreeDOS in VirtualBox!
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Matt,
>>
>> > I don't understand. I don't see AHCI.SYS or UIDE/UDVD in the FDI image.
>>
>> Don is referring to line 18 in the autoexec.bat
>>
>> DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UDVD2.SYS /D:FDCD0001
>>
>> > This particular disk has never never been GPT and the table is
>> obliterated anyway because I dd'd the FDI image to the disk itself, not a
>> partition.
>> >
>> > Any idea where I might be able to get those files without running an
>> .exe. I can't run an exe, at least not until I get FreeDOS installed.
>>
>> Assuming the EXE is an executable archive, you could use the free DOSBox
>> or Virtual Box on Linux to extract the exe.
>>
>> Jerome
>>
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[matthew berardi]

haha! I'm downloading a modern.ie image right now because it flew totally
over my head I could run FreeDOS in VirtualBox!

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
wrote:

> Hello Matt,
>
> > I don't understand. I don't see AHCI.SYS or UIDE/UDVD in the FDI image.
>
> Don is referring to line 18 in the autoexec.bat
>
> DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UDVD2.SYS /D:FDCD0001
>
> > This particular disk has never never been GPT and the table is
> obliterated anyway because I dd'd the FDI image to the disk itself, not a
> partition.
> >
> > Any idea where I might be able to get those files without running an
> .exe. I can't run an exe, at least not until I get FreeDOS installed.
>
> Assuming the EXE is an executable archive, you could use the free DOSBox
> or Virtual Box on Linux to extract the exe.
>
> Jerome
>
>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Jerome E. Shidel Jr.]

Hello Matt,

> I don't understand. I don't see AHCI.SYS or UIDE/UDVD in the FDI image.

Don is referring to line 18 in the autoexec.bat

DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UDVD2.SYS /D:FDCD0001

> This particular disk has never never been GPT and the table is obliterated 
> anyway because I dd'd the FDI image to the disk itself, not a partition.
> 
> Any idea where I might be able to get those files without running an .exe. I 
> can't run an exe, at least not until I get FreeDOS installed.

Assuming the EXE is an executable archive, you could use the free DOSBox or 
Virtual Box on Linux to extract the exe.

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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[matthew berardi]

Hi Don,
I don't understand. I don't see AHCI.SYS or UIDE/UDVD in the FDI image.
This particular disk has never never been GPT and the table is obliterated
anyway because I dd'd the FDI image to the disk itself, not a partition.

Any idea where I might be able to get those files without running an .exe.
I can't run an exe, at least not until I get FreeDOS installed.

Thanks!
Matt

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:56 AM, Don Flowers  wrote:

> You are going to need to download this:
> ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-4/sp39596.exe
>
> And then you need to download Jerome's FDI image and and substitute the
> AHCI.SYS driver for the UIDE/UDVD driver. On my Acer laptop and that's the
> only thing that works for me. This will give access to the hard drive. Once
> you have the hard drive formatted and "SYSed" Report back,
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Matt,
>>
>> > In the Boot tab in my BIOS, the menu for Xst Boot has CD, USB Floppy,
>> USB CD, etc, etc and UEFI at the bottom. Usually I have UEFI as first and
>> only boot. However, I've changed it to USB Floppy (I dunno why it thinks
>> it's a floppy) as first and only, no UEFI. I can't see any option to
>> disable UEFI more than that.
>>
>> When you try to boot the image, if you only see a blank screen with
>> blinking cursor, and you never see the “FreeDOS kernel 2041……..” messages,
>> the kernel is either not compatible or is not being loaded. Unfortunately,
>> I don’t know enough about your specific hardware. So, I cannot say if it is
>> not compatible with FreeDOS. Or, what exact settings you would need to make
>> to get it to run the OS.
>>
>> Perhaps, if you submit the information for your BIOS manufacturer and
>> version, someone may know exactly what to change. Or, possibly may be
>> familiar with getting FreeDOS to work in a similar situation.
>>
>> Sorry that I could not be of greater assistance.
>>
>> Jerome
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Don Flowers]

PS - Download gparted and create a DOS MBR partition table first to make
sure you are not still on the GPT table.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Don Flowers  wrote:

> You are going to need to download this:
> ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-4/sp39596.exe
>
> And then you need to download Jerome's FDI image and and substitute the
> AHCI.SYS driver for the UIDE/UDVD driver. On my Acer laptop and that's the
> only thing that works for me. This will give access to the hard drive. Once
> you have the hard drive formatted and "SYSed" Report back,
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Matt,
>>
>> > In the Boot tab in my BIOS, the menu for Xst Boot has CD, USB Floppy,
>> USB CD, etc, etc and UEFI at the bottom. Usually I have UEFI as first and
>> only boot. However, I've changed it to USB Floppy (I dunno why it thinks
>> it's a floppy) as first and only, no UEFI. I can't see any option to
>> disable UEFI more than that.
>>
>> When you try to boot the image, if you only see a blank screen with
>> blinking cursor, and you never see the “FreeDOS kernel 2041……..” messages,
>> the kernel is either not compatible or is not being loaded. Unfortunately,
>> I don’t know enough about your specific hardware. So, I cannot say if it is
>> not compatible with FreeDOS. Or, what exact settings you would need to make
>> to get it to run the OS.
>>
>> Perhaps, if you submit the information for your BIOS manufacturer and
>> version, someone may know exactly what to change. Or, possibly may be
>> familiar with getting FreeDOS to work in a similar situation.
>>
>> Sorry that I could not be of greater assistance.
>>
>> Jerome
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Don Flowers]

You are going to need to download this:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-4/sp39596.exe

And then you need to download Jerome's FDI image and and substitute the
AHCI.SYS driver for the UIDE/UDVD driver. On my Acer laptop and that's the
only thing that works for me. This will give access to the hard drive. Once
you have the hard drive formatted and "SYSed" Report back,

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
wrote:

> Hello Matt,
>
> > In the Boot tab in my BIOS, the menu for Xst Boot has CD, USB Floppy,
> USB CD, etc, etc and UEFI at the bottom. Usually I have UEFI as first and
> only boot. However, I've changed it to USB Floppy (I dunno why it thinks
> it's a floppy) as first and only, no UEFI. I can't see any option to
> disable UEFI more than that.
>
> When you try to boot the image, if you only see a blank screen with
> blinking cursor, and you never see the “FreeDOS kernel 2041……..” messages,
> the kernel is either not compatible or is not being loaded. Unfortunately,
> I don’t know enough about your specific hardware. So, I cannot say if it is
> not compatible with FreeDOS. Or, what exact settings you would need to make
> to get it to run the OS.
>
> Perhaps, if you submit the information for your BIOS manufacturer and
> version, someone may know exactly what to change. Or, possibly may be
> familiar with getting FreeDOS to work in a similar situation.
>
> Sorry that I could not be of greater assistance.
>
> Jerome
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Jerome E. Shidel Jr.]

Hello Matt,

> In the Boot tab in my BIOS, the menu for Xst Boot has CD, USB Floppy, USB CD, 
> etc, etc and UEFI at the bottom. Usually I have UEFI as first and only boot. 
> However, I've changed it to USB Floppy (I dunno why it thinks it's a floppy) 
> as first and only, no UEFI. I can't see any option to disable UEFI more than 
> that.

When you try to boot the image, if you only see a blank screen with blinking 
cursor, and you never see the “FreeDOS kernel 2041……..” messages, the kernel is 
either not compatible or is not being loaded. Unfortunately, I don’t know 
enough about your specific hardware. So, I cannot say if it is not compatible 
with FreeDOS. Or, what exact settings you would need to make to get it to run 
the OS. 

Perhaps, if you submit the information for your BIOS manufacturer and version, 
someone may know exactly what to change. Or, possibly may be familiar with 
getting FreeDOS to work in a similar situation. 

Sorry that I could not be of greater assistance.

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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[matthew berardi]

In the Boot tab in my BIOS, the menu for Xst Boot has CD, USB Floppy, USB
CD, etc, etc and UEFI at the bottom. Usually I have UEFI as first and only
boot. However, I've changed it to USB Floppy (I dunno why it thinks it's a
floppy) as first and only, no UEFI. I can't see any option to disable UEFI
more than that.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:11 AM, matthew berardi 
wrote:

> let's assume UEFI+GPT is the problem, how do I fix it?
>
> I do usually boot UEFI
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:09 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Matt,
>>
>> > On Mar 30, 2016, at 6:15 AM, matthew berardi 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Jerome,
>> > Thanks a lot for the response.
>> > I dd'd that image onto a hard drive. I could mount it and see DOSy
>> looking stuff. I tried to boot off it as USB and internal SATA and got the
>> same black screen with blinking cursor :(
>> > Both ways my BIOS detected it as an option for boot. I've pulled
>> EVERYTHING out of the computer, only 8GiBs RAM, no video card. Could it be
>> some BIOS setting I missed? Does it get cranky about USB keyboards? It
>> doesn't feel like there are enough variables for it not to work.
>>
>>
>> My best guess is that your BIOS is configured for UEFI+GPT boot media.
>> Check your BIOS settings for an MBR boot option.
>> Also, anything that says Legacy try to enable. Like maybe "Legacy USB
>> keyboard support”
>>
>> I don’t know when (or if) FreeDOS will support a UEFI+GPT only system.
>>
>> Jerome
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[matthew berardi]

let's assume UEFI+GPT is the problem, how do I fix it?

I do usually boot UEFI

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:09 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
wrote:

> Hello Matt,
>
> > On Mar 30, 2016, at 6:15 AM, matthew berardi 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jerome,
> > Thanks a lot for the response.
> > I dd'd that image onto a hard drive. I could mount it and see DOSy
> looking stuff. I tried to boot off it as USB and internal SATA and got the
> same black screen with blinking cursor :(
> > Both ways my BIOS detected it as an option for boot. I've pulled
> EVERYTHING out of the computer, only 8GiBs RAM, no video card. Could it be
> some BIOS setting I missed? Does it get cranky about USB keyboards? It
> doesn't feel like there are enough variables for it not to work.
>
>
> My best guess is that your BIOS is configured for UEFI+GPT boot media.
> Check your BIOS settings for an MBR boot option.
> Also, anything that says Legacy try to enable. Like maybe "Legacy USB
> keyboard support”
>
> I don’t know when (or if) FreeDOS will support a UEFI+GPT only system.
>
> Jerome
>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Jerome E. Shidel Jr.]

Hello Matt,

> On Mar 30, 2016, at 6:15 AM, matthew berardi  wrote:
> 
> Hi Jerome,
> Thanks a lot for the response.
> I dd'd that image onto a hard drive. I could mount it and see DOSy looking 
> stuff. I tried to boot off it as USB and internal SATA and got the same black 
> screen with blinking cursor :(
> Both ways my BIOS detected it as an option for boot. I've pulled EVERYTHING 
> out of the computer, only 8GiBs RAM, no video card. Could it be some BIOS 
> setting I missed? Does it get cranky about USB keyboards? It doesn't feel 
> like there are enough variables for it not to work.


My best guess is that your BIOS is configured for UEFI+GPT boot media. Check 
your BIOS settings for an MBR boot option. 
Also, anything that says Legacy try to enable. Like maybe "Legacy USB keyboard 
support”

I don’t know when (or if) FreeDOS will support a UEFI+GPT only system.

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Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[Jerome Shidel]

Hello Matthew, 

Try using FreeDOS 1.2 Installer Preview Release 15 (FDI). http://up.lod.bz/FDI

Use either the SLIM or full USB images. SLIM  contains BASE and FULL installs 
and is under 32MB. The Full USB image contains those plus about 450MB of extra 
packages that are not automatically installed.

Easy to put its image on a flash drive using Linux, Mac or UNIX basis system. 
On Linux, just plug in a USB stick and locate its device name. Something like 
/dev/sdg. Then just use something like:

sudo dd if=FDI-USB.img of=/dev/sdg

dd is a little slow but works fine. This is also how you would create it on a 
Mac. However, on a Mac, you need to first unmount (not eject) the media, then 
use the command line version of diskUtils to find the device name. 

Anyhow, assuming your machine will boot the new USB stick, you need not do an 
install. Simply select your language, then at the Welcome to FDI screen, select 
quit to DOS. You are now running a basic lite and slightly limited version of 
FreeDOS 1.2. 

I hope this helps.
Jerome

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incorrect spell-corrected words.
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[Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

[matthew berardi]

Hello!
Every way I've tried to boot FreeDOS I get a black screen with a blinking
cursor in the top left.

The machine is a Shuttle FH67H3 v2. I'm trying to boot FreeDOS to upgrade
the firmware.
I don't have a CD or floppy drive. So, I have available to me an: HD
internal SATA or USB or a USB key.

First attempt was unetbootin written USB key.
Then I tried to write the image here:
http://www.chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/bootable-usb/ to an HD. I tried
booting off the HD internally and via USB.

I have disconnected all other storage from the machine.
I have disabled every new sounding/potentially not-DOS-compatible feature
in the BIOS. I've set to only one core.

I believe I've always correctly written the image, it mounts fine and seems
to look right.

The result, of all the permutations attempted, is exactly the same. A black
screen with a blinking cursor.

Oh, this computer does, actually, work fine when I plug the other disk back
in and boot into debian.

Any thoughts would be great!

Thanks in advance!

-Matt
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