On the download page, try gettin the floppy version. On real hardware ya may need to use an external drive, or built-in cdrom/drdrom drive if one is available. Also ya need to go in your bios and make sure that the usb is setup as your first boot item. Find the key for your bot options, i believe f10 on compaq/hp systems amd pres that during boot to select the usb device. By default computers are made to boot to the onboard drive and ya need to select usb on the boot menu or set up in bios to use it.
On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 23:30 Davi Ramos via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > So, as I said in another message, I have a computer where I wish to > install FreeDOS. It is a *Compaq Presario 427, Intel Pentium N3700, 4GB > RAM, SSD 240GB, and a 14" screen.* > > Unfortunately, I cannot get it to boot the installation media > <https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.3/official/FD13-FullUSB.zip>. > I have tried numerous USB flash drives as well as an SD card. Forcing it to > boot takes me back to the bios screen after a few seconds. When I change > the boot mode to "Legacy", than the flash drive simply disappear. To the > bios, it's like it doesn't exist. > > I'm not sure what the etiquette of sending files to a mailing list is, so > I uploaded the images with all the settings available on my computer's > bios. Maybe that will help. I've tried a bunch of combinations but nothing > seems to work. I was capable of booting into antiX Linux, so it is not as > if the bios won't boot anything. > > These are the images of the bios: https://imgur.com/a/pw8xJBS > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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