Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-29 Thread dos386
Does it run in IDE compatibility mode or in AHCI? I don't know. But this IS IMPORTANT to know. None of existing DOS drivers supports AHCI. But How to get this information ? ! ! ! ! RTFM ??? Some hardware detection tool ??? After booting from FREEDOS BOOTABLE CDROM I can access the

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-29 Thread Alain Mouette
dos386 escreveu: Does it run in IDE compatibility mode or in AHCI? I don't know. But this IS IMPORTANT to know. None of existing DOS drivers supports AHCI. But How to get this information ? ! ! ! ! RTFM ??? Some hardware detection tool ??? First of all, what is AHCI? isn't that related to

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-29 Thread Christian Masloch
First of all, what is AHCI? isn't that related to USB??? No. USB is related to the UHCI (USB 1.0), OHCI (USB 1.1), EHCI (USB 2.0), WHCI (Wireless USB) and XHCI (USB 3.0). AHCI is an interface for SATA controllers. Regards, Christian

[Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-27 Thread jcdole
Hello. I bought december this month an ACER ASPIRE 7736G laptop. I made an install of freedos 1.0 from bootable cd following screen instruction without any problem. I tried different cdrom driver (XCDROM.SYS, GCDROM.SYS). I get this message : No CD-ROM drive to use; GCDROM not loaded.

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-27 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 27-12-2009 19:44, jcd...@free.fr schreef: No CD-ROM drive to use; GCDROM not loaded. Any idea. Note : After booting with freedos bootable cd, I can access to the cd-rom drive( elterito is loaded in memory ). Could you try the UIDE cd-rom driver please? it's the most recent work of

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-27 Thread jcdole
Envoyé: Dimanche 27 Décembre 2009 22h13:15 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne Objet: Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found Op 27-12-2009 19:44, jcd...@free.fr schreef: No CD-ROM drive to use; GCDROM not loaded. Any idea. Note : After

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-27 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 27-12-2009 23:42, jcd...@free.fr schreef: Hello. As I said to eric auer Done as suggested. But some problem still here. Then I give up as well. I assume your drive is internal, and connected to SATA like your subject mentions. Does it run in IDE compatibility mode or in AHCI?

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-27 Thread jcdole
Blaauw bbla...@home.nl À: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Envoyé: Lundi 28 Décembre 2009 00h05:27 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne Objet: Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found Op 27-12-2009 23:42, jcd...@free.fr schreef: Hello

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-27 Thread dos386
made an install of freedos 1.0 from bootable cd following screen instruction without any problem. Nevertheless, you should update a few things: HIMEM, EMM386, CTMOUSE, ... Also, throw away XDMA.SYS, it shouldn't be needed and might actually cause problems. NO. XDMA 3.1 is good (3.3 is

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

2009-12-27 Thread jcdole
@lists.sourceforge.net Envoyé: Lundi 28 Décembre 2009 08h08:05 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne Objet: Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found made an install of freedos 1.0 from bootable cd following screen instruction without any