You can try this… Boot the install media (CD, USB or Floppy). Quit the install. Simply run FDISK without any options or parameters. It should default to the internal hard drive when booted from CD or Floppy. If you booted from USB, Drive C (aka drive 1) will be the USB Stick and the internal drive will be Drive D: (aka drive 2). You will need to switch disks and partition drive 2 if you booted from USB. Reboot. Restart the installer in advanced mode. “setup adv” If the installer sees the correct drive has been partitioned, it will skip that step and ask to format the drive (either C when booted form CD or floppy, or D when booted from a USB stick). If it asks to partition again, then something is not right. You could try to reformat the drive manually. If that all goes well, make sure you tell it not to overwrite the MBR. If that does not work, try downloading the latest Interim Test Build of FreeDOS. It is the latest versions of all the packages we have that are provided on the install media. There have been many updates to FDISK and other important software since the release of 1.3.
When I look at all of the stuff that has changed, I think we may be getting closer to a FreeDOS 1.4. But, that will most likely be after a new kernel is released and tested. And of course, if the developer community thinks it is time. There are also possibly a couple big things that may be coming in the semi-near future. So, It may be put a little farther off until those are ready. You can get the monthly Interim Test Build of FreeDOS from the official download server at https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/ <https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/> :-) Jerome > On Jun 23, 2024, at 1:15 PM, Joey V via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hello! > > I’ve been trying to install FreeDOS on my Lenovo ideapad 110s. I thought it > might be a fun system to install it on because, while it can run Linux, it > really can’t do a lot with it. Plus I’ve recently upgraded to another laptop > for Linux. > > But the issue I’m having is the setup program seems to not partition the D > drive. I follow the instructions on screen and ask it to partition the D > drive. It appears to work and asks me to reboot. But every time it reboots it > just asks the same question. > > I think it must not be partitioning the disk because Debian is still on there > when I remove the installer USB. I have noticed an “R:” appears on the screen > when I try to have the setup program partition the D drive. So perhaps it is > erroring. > > I’m not very familiar with DOS systems so I don’t really know what to try > next. I tried running fdisk on its own from the DOS CLI, but it doesn’t seem > to find a D drive. I wonder if it is because I need to start a driver or > something to find the emmc disk. > > Does anyone have any ideas? I’d appreciate any help. Or if you need more > information let me know if there is a page for troubleshooting the installer. > I tried to debug the issue and look up things online. But so far I haven’t > found the issue. > > I appreciate your time! > Joey Vrba > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
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