Eric,
First, I don't see what you mean by "the BIOS supports flash drive, etc.. To my
knowledge
(limited), I still can't access these things from FreeDOS. But more grim is the
fact that my
newer machine, a Dell 521, made in 2007, with AThlon 64, uses really modern
drives,
and when I start the FreeDOS under GEM, even the CD/DVD drive doesn't work!!! .
As I
had mentioned before, every kind of FreeDOS; small or full; and even the older
boot disks
i.e. 'startup disks' show a message that they cannot find a drver for the CD.
In fact, given
all that, I'm amazed that they allow the hard drive to work, as it too is
recent(serial ATA).
So, what happens is the GEM desktop does not show any CD icon, only the C
drive, and
oddly, a floppy drive, which is not physically present on the computer!!!.Like
everyone who
comes to this site, I have a soft spot for DOS, and we have to update these
things, or
FreeDOS will start to look like the dinosaur. By the way, the 521 uses a USB
mouse,and
because of this, I can't really use the FreeDOS on it in any case(remember, no
USB
support!).--Tip,
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