I found Rufus to be the best option for creating a bootable usb drive for freeDOS in all my trials.
Booting to usb on any system can be a challenge. I know on one laptop we have it is a Windows 10 (originally Windows 8) it absolutely refuses to boot into ANY usb unless we remove the hard drive. Just to verify, not be annoying, when ya boot up the laptop, ya press the F10 key (maybe repeatedly) until ya get a menu askin what to boot to. The boot my be separate or listed under hard drive depending on the bios. Select the usb device and see if it boots. If not do ya get an error similiar to “no bootable device found”? On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 06:37 Davi Ramos via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Eh... I tried every single BIOS setting that might be even slightly > relevant. I created the USB sticks with the programs which are recommended > for me to use. I ordered 3 USB sticks of different brands. I devoted 24 > hours to make this work already. If the new sticks don't work, I think > I'll, unfortunately have install Linux and move on with life :( > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 7:28 AM Eric Auer via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> >> Hi! Not all USB sticks are enabled for booting. And maybe it is disabled >> in your BIOS setup. The MBR of the stick may matter as well, and whether >> you boot UEFI style (not possible with FreeDOS) or classic style ;-) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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