From: Alain M. <al...@po...> - 2010-01-26 21:59:51
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The boot sector is installed with the command: SYS C: but BE CAREFULL!!!!!! that c: is the FreeDOS partition... Alain Chris escreveu: > I've recently installed FreeDOS to a new partition on my Toshiba Tecra > 2300 laptop, but there were a couple of hitches along the way. > > First issue was the Live CD failing to boot. Isolinux gives an config > file error and defaults to command prompt. I'm pretty sure it's not a > bad burn or > any other kind of error with the CD, because I've successfully > installed FreeDOS on a previous laptop and a PC from it with no > problems. Manually starting FDBOOT.IMG using memdisk seems to have > worked, I was able to run the installer. I've mentioned this in case > it has some bearing on my second issue. > > I've installed PLoP Boot Manager 5.0.7, which recognises the FreeDOS > partition, but gives an 'unable to read boot device' error. The > partition is primary and > active, and has both fdconfig.sys in the root directory and kernal.sys > in the \fdos dir, so it looks to me like the installation completed > successfully. > > I'd welcome any suggestions. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > |