On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 08:23, dos386 <dos...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> * I connected a USB keyboard to a DELL OptiPlex GX620
>> (there is no PS/2 port in this model)
>
> BIOS-level emulation
I had already checked BIOS for something like "legacy" but
there's nothing like that in this model, so I could but suppose
BIOS-level emulation is always on or always off.
>> * When the computer was booted with the CD, I was asked to press
>> Enter to boot to CD. Please notice that I pressed Enter to boot to CD,
>> so it seems the Enter key (thus the keyboard) is working at this point
>
> BIOS works so far
Of course.
> 2006 FreeDOS distros are buggy. I suggest installing FreeDOS
> manually using latest components (kernel 2038).
FreeDos 1.0 is 2006?
> No piece of FreeDOS uses USB stuff, but some (EMM386? FDPAM?) might
> conflict with the BIOS emulation ...
I could live without EMM386 and FDPAM.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources
and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's
connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these
rules translate into the virtual world?
http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb
_______________________________________________
Freedos-user mailing list
Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
