Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

2016-03-30 Thread matthew berardi
back to ahci.sys > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:21 AM, matthew berardi > wrote: > >> haha! I'm downloading a modern.ie image right now because it flew >> totally over my head I could run FreeDOS in VirtualBox! >> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:14 AM,

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

2016-03-30 Thread matthew berardi
haha! I'm downloading a modern.ie image right now because it flew totally over my head I could run FreeDOS in VirtualBox! On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > Hello Matt, > > > I don't understand. I don't see AHCI.SYS or UIDE/UDVD in the FDI image. > > Don is referring

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

2016-03-30 Thread matthew berardi
Hi Don, I don't understand. I don't see AHCI.SYS or UIDE/UDVD in the FDI image. This particular disk has never never been GPT and the table is obliterated anyway because I dd'd the FDI image to the disk itself, not a partition. Any idea where I might be able to get those files without running an .

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

2016-03-30 Thread matthew berardi
to disable UEFI more than that. On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:11 AM, matthew berardi wrote: > let's assume UEFI+GPT is the problem, how do I fix it? > > I do usually boot UEFI > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:09 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. > wrote: > >> Hello Matt, >&

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

2016-03-30 Thread matthew berardi
let's assume UEFI+GPT is the problem, how do I fix it? I do usually boot UEFI On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:09 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > Hello Matt, > > > On Mar 30, 2016, at 6:15 AM, matthew berardi > wrote: > > > > Hi Jerome, > > Thanks a lot for th

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

2016-03-30 Thread matthew berardi
Hi Jerome, Thanks a lot for the response. I dd'd that image onto a hard drive. I could mount it and see DOSy looking stuff. I tried to boot off it as USB and internal SATA and got the same black screen with blinking cursor :( Both ways my BIOS detected it as an option for boot. I've pulled EVERYTHI

[Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS (Black screen/blinking cursor)

2016-03-30 Thread matthew berardi
Hello! Every way I've tried to boot FreeDOS I get a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left. The machine is a Shuttle FH67H3 v2. I'm trying to boot FreeDOS to upgrade the firmware. I don't have a CD or floppy drive. So, I have available to me an: HD internal SATA or USB or a USB key.