On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 at 16:58, Frantisek Rysanek via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Dear Mr. Ramos, > > > - Balena Etcher > > - Rufus > > - Untebootin > > - Win32DiskImager. > > interestingly to me, you don't mention the trusty old `dd` ... :-)
Or Ventoy, which is quicker and easier than any of them. > Have you tried looking for a BIOS update? I thought the same thing. > I have, but the HP support website does not respond to the "Presario > 427" search query. Maybe it would respond to a "product code", if > that label on the underside of the machine is still readable. It might be a Presario CQ-60 427. I found this notice: « Narrow your selection:Compaq Presario CQ60-400 Notebook PC series Compaq Presario CQ60-400 Notebook PC series - Retired ProductsThe following products have been retired and are no longer supported by HP. All official HP support content for these products has been removed from this web site. » I agree, though, it's worth a try. Davi: • You *must* use legacy boot mode. DOS cannot start on UEFI machines. • You must use MBR partitioning. • Try Ventoy, it's easier. For the filesystem, it can use FAT16 or FAT32, which to boot must be in a primary partition on the 1st drive. Yes, Linux will detect it if `os-prober` is enabled in GRUB. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
