On 20-04-23 08 h 03, Ludovico Giorio wrote:
I checked, and the installer can only see my usb, not the hdd inside
the laptop.
Message is:
"SETUP wasn't able to locate any disks to install FreeDOS 1.1 from."
What am I doing wrong?
I enabled legacy support in Bios.
I formatted my hdd in Fat.
Hi! There is no need to use Linux to replace the MBR boot code,
you can easily do that with DOS tools. Of course if you prefer
Linux tools, they can be used for the same purpose :-)
I assume you want to get rid of Windows, so you do not need to
convert from GPT to MBR. Deleting the partitions an
If GPT is the issue, should a Linux based tool be used to get around
that? I'm thinking something like boot nuke or something similar.
April 23, 2020 8:16 AM, "Eric Auer" wrote:
> Hi! Which tools in which versions did you use?
>
> For example which FORMAT, FDISK...? Let me start by
> saying th
Hi! Which tools in which versions did you use?
For example which FORMAT, FDISK...? Let me start by
saying the choice for MBR was good: GPT partitions
are not visible for DOS. Not sure what the purpose
of that EFI partition is, but it is easily possible
that Windows had a boot loader on the first
What kind of hard drive did you take out? Was it a serial ATA hard drive or an
IDE hard drive?
Have you considered trying Freedos 1.3 RC2?
Make sure you aren't in AHCI mode?
April 23, 2020 7:03 AM, "Ludovico Giorio" mailto:ludovico8...@hotmail.it?to=%22Ludovico%20Giorio%22%20)>
wrote:
Hello e
Hello everyone,
I'm having a problem installing Freedos 1.1/1.2 on my laptop.
The laptop came shipped with a custom Freedos version from Hp, I installed
Win10 on a second drive, had some problems and need to return the laptop.
I took out the second drive, and the win bootloader was still there.
