> > Hi! > >> When I use a Freedos based bootable app such as Spinrite or Seatools >> on my old Dell XPS-R computer I always have a lockup when I try to >> boot from the CD. The screen freezes and the floppy drive light >> sticks on with what looks like constant floppy access attempts. The >> computer can boot from "regular" bootable CD's such as Linux >> distributions and the Windows install disks. >> Dell XPS-R 450 upgraded to 1.4Ghz, 768MB PC-100 >> Intel SE440BX motherboard
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > Possible reasons, based on gut feeling: ;-) > > - ISOLINUX and MEMDISK cannot handle some BIOS problem on that PC, > while the other bootable CDs use no MEMDISK and/or use a newer > version of ISOLINUX. Using grub4dos might be an option, too... > > - MEMDISK should be configured to use raw access because that PC > does not have int 15.87 memory access. Test: Run FDAPM ACPIDUMP > Does it work w/o drivers, with HIMEMX, with HIMEMX and JEMM386? > > - using boot diskette style CD boot might work better: Try making > a data CD/DVD with K3B and select Project - Edit Boot Images - > and e.g. the 2.88 or 1 of the 1.44 MB images of Rugxulo's distro > on rugxulo.googlepages.com > Thanks Eric, I managed to find boot floppy version of these applications and they worked fine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
