Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Boot problem from MS-DOS

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

I just got another idea, why don't you give Free DOS
http://www.freedos.org/ or Enhanced DR-DOS http://www.drdosprojects.de/ a
try?
Maybe they behave better.

Heiko

On Fri, August 10, 2007 03:07, J Bladh (user) wrote:
> Hi, and thanks for good advice.
> If my problem is verified, then I think a good ide is to modify the
> documentation and take away a part D-L indicates how to start from floppy.
>  If I have any problem in my way of doing a new CD, I hope to get that
> feedback. Today it looks as I don´t get the root level on the CD
> acceptable for DOS level. Checking the releases 1.2.11 - 1.2.14 gives no
> date on most files and directories on the root. A PC with Win-98 and newer
> shows a library ( in Command mode or started as DOS) with Both filenames
> to the left and to the right. Indicates that a second FCB exist for the
> root. I think this is the case when filenames are longer than the DOS 8.3
> format. /Jan B
>
>
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>> At 10.56 09/08/2007 +0200, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a Bootproblem in an older Compaq which needs to start
>>>
>> from a floppy
>>> with MS-DOS.
>>
>> But can it boot from an hard drive?
>>
>>
>> If it can, you could do the following:
>>
>>
>> 1) install (on a newer pc) DL on a compact-flash card using an
>> IDE-CompactFlash adapter
>> 2) "transplant" the IDE-CF adapter on the older Compaq and let it boot
>> as if it was an hard drive.
>>
>> If it can boot from a normal HD it really should do the same from
>> a IDE-CF card (to the bios it looks exactly as an HD).
>>
>> If, instead, the pc can't boot from HD, I'd try another MSDOS CD
>> driver, better one that can read Joliet and Rockridge CDs, not only
>> ISO9660 ones.
>>
>>
>> Here are some:
>>
>>
>> http://oldfiles.org.uk/powerload/cdrom.htm
>>
>>
>> If I remember correctly, the DL cds have all three filesystems on them
>> (ISO9660 , Joliet and Rockridge).
>> It's curious however that a short-named file such as linux.bat isn't
>> visible in ISO9660 mode...
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>>
>> Michele
>>
>>
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