To confirm, you're trying to boot the USB installer: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.3/official/FD13-FullUSB.zip
I assume you unzipped this and wrote the image to the USB flash drive using the right tool, and didn't just use Copy to get the file to the drive? (I'm asking because that's a common mistake.) You will definitely need to use Legacy mode to boot FreeDOS. Legacy provides a BIOS which FreeDOS needs to run. When you booted, did you have the USB flash drive already plugged into the computer? Remember that DOS doesn't understand USB per se, so you can't plug/unplug the USB flash drive after FreeDOS has booted. On Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 10:29 PM Davi Ramos via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > So, as I said in another message, I have a computer where I wish to > install FreeDOS. It is a *Compaq Presario 427, Intel Pentium N3700, 4GB > RAM, SSD 240GB, and a 14" screen.* > > Unfortunately, I cannot get it to boot the installation media > <https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.3/official/FD13-FullUSB.zip>. > I have tried numerous USB flash drives as well as an SD card. Forcing it to > boot takes me back to the bios screen after a few seconds. When I change > the boot mode to "Legacy", than the flash drive simply disappear. To the > bios, it's like it doesn't exist. > > I'm not sure what the etiquette of sending files to a mailing list is, so > I uploaded the images with all the settings available on my computer's > bios. Maybe that will help. I've tried a bunch of combinations but nothing > seems to work. I was capable of booting into antiX Linux, so it is not as > if the bios won't boot anything. > > These are the images of the bios: https://imgur.com/a/pw8xJBS > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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