Thank you Bob and @Norby Droid <danorbydr...@gmail.com>. I am aware of that, I didn't just copy the files to the USB stick. As I was trying multiple methods, I used a variety of programs to generate the half-a-dozen bootable drives that I tried. I used:
- Balena Etcher - Rufus - Untebootin - Win32DiskImager. I'm starting to think there's something wrong with my USB drives. I have a bunch but they're not exactly new. @Norby Droid <danorbydr...@gmail.com> mentioned floppy images... but I can see it is very small and I won't have internet on that machine. I tried flashing the legacy ISO but the tools say it lacks boot capabilities. On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 6:30 AM Bob Pryor via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Post ls -l of your usb drive. > As Jim mentioned, you can not just copy the .img file to a formatted usb. > You have to burn the image to the drive to make it bootable. > JP > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 11:27 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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