is using the adaptec 1542 scsi bios int 13.. it support cdrom booting it say couldnt load from drive 82h i believe. i dont remember the whole errror i got from it.
--chris http://www.aotksc.com/ > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] FD installer > From: Marti van Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, September 25, 2006 10:00 am > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > Dear Chris, > > Probably your BIOS does not support booting from CD-ROM, you will have > to write the floppy disk boot image to a floppy disk using Rawrite for > DOS, Rawritewin or dd if you are using a Linux/BSD hosted system and > boot your 486dx2 from that floppy disk. > > I installed FreeDOS 1.0 full on a Pentium 133 Mhz with Phoenix BIOS. It > does not support booting form CD-ROM ether (because the BIOS frimware is > too outdated). Even if your BIOS settings menu provides the option to > boot from CD-ROM, this does not meant that it will actually work. > > The boot floppy disk is your friend ;) > > - Marti > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > > What computers does it work on with out locking up? > > > > 486dx2 80mhz scsi2 and ide 16mb ram 500mb ide partition (80gb eide) > > > > It lock up when attempted to boot the install cd from external scsi cdrom. > > > > hris > > http://www.aotksc.com/ > > > --- > |_|0|_| Marti van Lin Home Portal http://members.home.nl/ml2mst > |_|_|0| Auhor of Free MultiOS > |0|0|0| http://www.uitwisselplatform.nl/projects/freemultios > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
