You have to use the floppy image that is on the CD-ROM (extract its files to a 1440kb floppy, then sys it), or you can use Smart Boot Manager to allow your computer to boot from a CD-ROM.
On 8/25/06, Collin Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried posting something like this before - but > haven't seen it come up > yet so maybe I sent it to the wrong place or > something. If they do both > come up - apologies. Anyways- heres the problem. > > I'm trying to install the latest fdbase onto an older > Pentium that does > not support booting from the CD drive. I am using the > FD1440 diskette > and that seems to work fine and I can get onto the CD > drive using the > included driver... but the problem is that it does not > detect the CD as > being a FreeDOS installation disk and when I try to > run setup it just > sort of hangs for about a second and then returns back > to the prompt. > > Any ideas? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
