You are going to need to download this:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-40000/sp39596.exe
And then you need to download Jerome's FDI image and and substitute the
AHCI.SYS driver for the UIDE/UDVD driver. On my Acer laptop and that's the
only thing that works for me. This will give access to the hard drive. Once
you have the hard drive formatted and "SYSed" Report back,
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net>
wrote:
> Hello Matt,
>
> > In the Boot tab in my BIOS, the menu for Xst Boot has CD, USB Floppy,
> USB CD, etc, etc and UEFI at the bottom. Usually I have UEFI as first and
> only boot. However, I've changed it to USB Floppy (I dunno why it thinks
> it's a floppy) as first and only, no UEFI. I can't see any option to
> disable UEFI more than that.
>
> When you try to boot the image, if you only see a blank screen with
> blinking cursor, and you never see the “FreeDOS kernel 2041……..” messages,
> the kernel is either not compatible or is not being loaded. Unfortunately,
> I don’t know enough about your specific hardware. So, I cannot say if it is
> not compatible with FreeDOS. Or, what exact settings you would need to make
> to get it to run the OS.
>
> Perhaps, if you submit the information for your BIOS manufacturer and
> version, someone may know exactly what to change. Or, possibly may be
> familiar with getting FreeDOS to work in a similar situation.
>
> Sorry that I could not be of greater assistance.
>
> Jerome
>
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