fdisk can provide more info in this situation I think. I think it can actually map (print) all the BIOS drives and their BIOS port number. Running `fdisk /dump` [0] should do it.
[0] http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/base/fdisk.htm On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a report of another issue regarding the USB stick installer. > > Basically, the user has 2 drives. one MS-DOS and one Other DOS formatted. > > The user boots the USB stick and all seems well through the install process. > > Reboots, and is faced with MS-DOS again. FreeDOS installed to D:. > > After, a little back and forth, it turns out that when he boots the USB stick > the USB stick is Drive C: and the other DOS drive is D:. The original > MS-DOS C: drive is nowhere to be found. > > So, the installer behaves correctly. But, FreeDOS is not the boot drive. > > This appears to be completely BIOS related and I don’t think there is > anything the installer can do about it. > > The solution was to to just boot MS-DOS and switch over to whatever > drive letter the USB stick now has and run setup.bat. This method was > not optimal, but worked fine. > > Like I said, I don’t think there is anything the installer can do about it. > But, it is something to be remembered. > > Thanks, Jerome > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
