HI, > On Feb 27, 2025, at 2:01 PM, Larry Miller via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hi: > > I am trying to repurpose a HP Pentium 4 PC (3.4 GHz processor, 2 GB memory, > originally OS Windows XP). Note: the hard drive has been wiped with Drive > Scrubber 2. > > I downloaded FreeDOS 1.3 Legacy CD. Unzipped the FD13LGCY and burned it to a > CD using the disc burning software that comes with Windows 10. It loads on > the Pentium PC until this screen "Unable to locate the installation packages: > A reboot may help." Tried rebooting, get same message. > > The Pentium PC is a SFF so it only has a CD/DVD drive. Is the other file > FD13BOOT required to install FreeDOS? > > Appreciate your assistance.
Unfortunately, this means that the CD/DVD drivers provided on the CD are do not support your drive. The LegacyCD is an “EL TORITO” boot disc. There is a small image of a floppy diskette on the disc that is loaded by your BIOS at boot. This image boots a then loads drivers to access the remainder of the CD. You have a couple options top try: 1) You could try the LiteUSB or FullUSB image. 2) You can try the LiveCD. The LiveCD uses a different boot process. It also includes a boot menu to either "Boot Into the Live Environment”, “Install to Hard Disk” and “Install using Floppy Edition”. The Floppy Edition on the CD is included in a Hard Disk Image. If you can boot that menu option, you may need to exit the FE installer and restart it in advanced mode to change the target hard drive. 3) Use the included Floppy Boot Disk Image provided in the ZIP download to create a custom boot floppy. Once that is done, you can copy some proprietary (not open source) CD/DVD drivers to the FREEDOS\BIN directory on the floppy diskette. The CD initialization process used by the boot floppy (and installed OS) will recognize a couple additional drivers that we cannot provide with the install media. But, those drivers are freely available online. If one of those drivers are present, it will be automatically tried at boot. Many users have had good luck with using either OAKCDROM.SYS or VIDE-CDD.SYS when the drivers we can supply do not support their hardware. (Note: In addition to online copies, the OAKCDROM.SYS was also supplied on various Windows boot floppy diskettes). :-) Jerome _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
