Questions tagged [freedos]
FreeDOS is a free DOS-compatible operating system that can be used to play games, run legacy software, or support embedded systems.
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How to boot from a USB floppy drive on a UEFI BIOS
I have a RAAYOO USB floppy drive reader and some generic 1.44 MB floppy disks. I am trying to boot FREEDOS Floppy Edition using this reader on a computer with a UEFI BIOS. It shows up under legacy ...
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How to transfer files from QEMU FreeDOS C: drive to host?
I have a Linux Debian system. I have QEMU running FreeDOS and everything works perfectly. There is now a need to transfer data from the QEMU FreeDOS C drive to the host. How can I accomplish this, ...
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Make a DOS Boot Disk on a USB stick using a Mac
I'm trying to make a DOS Boot Disk on a USB stick using a Mac.
I don't really care if it's MS-DOS or FreeDOS, as long as I can use it to flash a faulty BIOS on a X9DRL-iF from SuperMicro.
I don't want ...
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FreeDOS not working, kinda?
I am trying to make a usb bootable with rufus to run freeDOS, however, it may turn on, but then I cannot type anything. I also tried with the original DOS image with rufus and still, nothing worked. ...
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How to setup a dualboot with Debian and FreeDOS
I am running Debian on a very old EEEPC which is ok. Unfortunately its Intel-Atom-Processor is not capable of virtualizing a second OS. So I would like to add FreeDOS to GRUB and run it natively to ...
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How can I add missing DOS commands to DOSBox?
I am trying to execute .bat file in the DOSBox:
It starts with the following lines:
echo off
cls
if exist %1:\BLA\z.exe goto custom
if not exist d:\BLA\z.exe goto error
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I can not copy the Windows 98 folder to another drive in FreeDOS
Maybe you have read my other post about trying to install Windows 98 on modern hardware, hasn't come with much luck yet but i will never give up. So i ran into the problem about Win98 not knowing ...
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Is there any way I can measure the runtime of a program in DOS?
I just want to measure the time it takes a program to go from start to finish.
In UNIX - I can use the time command. Is there any way to do this in a MS DOS or FreeDOS?
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FreeDOS installer hangs at 0% base/kernel
i am trying to install FreeDOS but when i try to install it hangs at 0% base/kernel. Does anyone know why this happens? Please help if you can, thank you.
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Rufus Freedos doesnt work
Yo guys im trying to create a FreeDOS USB from Rufus. But when i do it it seems to not creating the full FreeDOS OS. No config.sys can be found and none of the DOS commands work except ''dir''. I have ...
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FreeDOS as DOSBox replacement
Generally when the question about DOS games flares up, the general consensus is to use DOSBox (or DOSBox Staging) and it usually does the job.
However, as a proof of concept I wonder if it would be ...
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How to access files on USB stick from FreeDOS?
I made a FreeDOS bootable USB stick with Unetbootin and then put some files in the root directory. When I booted it in Livecd mode, The files were not in the root directory or any subdirectories. How ...
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Why would Quake run slowly in DOS on a modern, 2017 i5 CPU?
I noticed back in the DOS gaming era that DOS games ran slowly in hi-res modes. I was surprised to discover that this could be true on a modern machine.
I booted a 2017 i5 7200u (I think) laptop into ...
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How do I dual-boot Windows 10 and FreeDOS?
I am not sure how to install FreeDOS without formatting drive C. Do I create a disk partition? If so, how do I install it? I am new to FreeDOS.
My computer has Windows 10 currently installed and I ...
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Running Legacy 16bit Dos application on 64 bit SBC board on Free dos 1.2
Running Legacy 16bit Dos application on 64 bit SBC board on Free dos 1.2. The application works with an older SBC board on FD1.2 but fails to load system status screen on a new SBC board. There is ...
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FreeDOS doesn't find partition
I have a computer with Windows 10 and I would like to install FreeDOS on a separate partition and make a dual-boot. I did a flash drive with the FreeDOS USB image because my computer doesn't have a ...
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how may i add bios&firmware updates into the FreeDOS 1.3-RC4 live .iso?
So far i've downloaded the FreeDOS 1.3-RC4 live iso, mounted it, copied the contents, added some files, and created a new bootable iso using this command:
genisoimage -no-emul-boot -boot-info-table -...
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FreeDOS Boot File - My BIOS Requires Exact File
Dell's Alienware BIOS requires that you specify an EXACT FILE before allowing you to add a bootable entry (what a pita, but that's a different matter). Anyhow, I don't know that much about the boot ...
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Can't Update BIOS (Update file prints 'Test.' and exits)
I am trying to run a BIOS update using /forceit command to solve warning: "Battery can't be identified". I have done the following steps:
Made a Bootable FreeDOS USB Drive using Rufus ...
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how to flash a gpu to the stock bios?
I have some noob qs about flashing my Zotac 1050 ti 4 GB model:
For some back story: Did I accidentally brick my GPU and how do I downgrade my BIOS ver?
Following on: I did take it to the service ...
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Is there any way to have a Batch file read motherboard and BIOS info automatically within standalone FreeDOS?
I'm basically looking for a way to output a system's motherboard model (and possibly BIOS version, but that's just extra) so as to turn it into a variable to use in a batch file running in FreeDOS.
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SSD Drive Invisible During Windows 10 Installation
I have a brand new FreeDOS Acer Nitro 5 laptop with AN515-55 model name and NH.Q7MEY.001 part number. I encountered an issue during Windows 10 installation on the device. While Western Digital's WDC ...
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Stuck on Configuration of BIOS for Windows 10 Installation
I easily installed Windows 10 on a different FreeDOS device before. Booting up the device after plugging in my USB flash drive I right away got to Boot Menu with F12 key. However, in the current case ...
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HDAT2 Bad sector fix performs so freaking long
I have old laptop with os boot related issue. It wasn't booting previously installed windows 10 so I decided to install Linux Mint 20 instead. But something went wrong. I've got I/O error at /dev/sda ...
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Installation of FreeDOS on a hard disk
I have some questions about the installation of FreeDOS on a hard disk. I was not able to find the responses on the pages of freedos.org.
I'm starting with the file FD12CD.iso and I'm running Linux.
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How can I boot from a FreeDOS USB-Stick on an iMac?
I created a FreeDos USB-Stick using Rufus and a spare PC and im now trying to boot to it from an Mac but the Stick isn't shown at the boot device selection screen. Can somone please help me?
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Reducing CPU load/speed in FreeDOS
I have recently installed FreeDOS on my old laptop, but the CPU is too fast for when I want to play games. Is there an option for me to reduce the CPU speed, so I can play retro games at normal speed?
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How to Boot FreeDOS on Newer Intel CPUs?
I have 2 PCs at home:
A Desktop PC (i3-3220),
and a Mini-PC I bought recently, that has a Celeron J3355 CPU (7th generation - "Apollo Lake") in it.
I am using Windows on my Desktop PC,
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How can I run ipconfig on FreeDos?
I have been trying to run a ipconfig.exe file on FreeDos. Do I Need to convert it to ipconfig.com or is there an other way to solve this?
I've already tried to make a .bat file, which i hoped could ...
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How to run multiple networked applications concurrently on DOS?
For science, I am working on a Vagrant box for DOS. The virtual machine needs to support a remote command execution service, such as sshd or telnetd, so that administrators can run COMMAND.COM scripts ...
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How to turn HDD into DOS bootable device to run a particular utility?
HDD Specifications:
Toshiba MK5065GSXF | HDD2L13 | P TN01 T | 500 GB
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I would like to make this HDD into a bootable device with clnpwd utility on it that I will connect as one and only ...
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Getting full-screen resolution for FreeDOS on VirtualBOX
Following these instructions, I have FreeDOS on VirtualBox installed. Now I want to get the fullscreen resolution. Usually, if it were a Linux or Windows guest I would use menue>Devices>Insert ...
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Can't update BIOS via FreeDOS on Aspire One D255: fatal error (1307) not enough memory
This is pretty much a copy of the post I made on the Acer Community forums, also posting here to hopefully get help faster.
I've been trying to install a 2GB RAM stick in my Aspire One D255, however ...
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Choppy connection from Virtual Machine to FTDI 232R
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I have been tasked with getting a DOS program to run on more modern hardware. This program uses a serial COM port to communicate with a target device at a relatively low BAUD rate (4800 is ...
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Add %CD% to PATH in command.com - note that cmd.exe fix does not work
Goal: Issue a simple command to add the current directory to the PATH statement. Rather than type in every agonizing stroke, I would rather call a batch file, say xpath (where xpath.bat sits in an ...
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How to install FreeDos onto a USB stick?
The FreeDos project offers a number of downloads, but all of these contain an installer that tries to install FreeDos from an installation media onto the harddisk. Selecting the mobile stick as ...
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FreeDOS does not answer ARP
I have 2 VirtualBox virtual machines with freeDOS (1.2) as guests, and I am trying to have network connection between them.
For a start I am trying to have connectivity between one of the machines ...
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Dual Booting with Windows 10 - Ubuntu will see Windows 10 as FreeDOS during installation?
So, I bought a Lenovo Laptop a while ago and installed Windows 10 on a partition I created (as I remember) - I don't remember anything about uninstalling FreeDOS or something in that category.
Now ...
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How to setup a Freedos with old Kernel version (2026a) to system
I bought a laptop with Freedos 1.1.26a build (2026a) and I formatted it to Windows 10. Now I want to get it back to Freedos with same version before.
A solution on web was saying that formating where ...
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How can I get FreeDOS to see >8Gb using CF-IDE
I am trying to install FreeDOS onto a 16Gb SANDISK CF card booting from a USB stick.
The system BIOS is set to autodetect and shows the CF card as a 16Gb HDD. However when I boot the FreeDOS ...
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How to find out a laptop is 32 or 64 bit using DOS? [closed]
I bought one HP laptop, it only came up with DOS installed.
How do I get to know its 32 bit or 64 bit?
I am sure HP guys can help me out but I want to know a way to find it out via DOS.
More info:
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upgrade BIOS on Asus without EasyFlash and WinFlash
I have an Asus notebook (model F200MA), running GNU/Linux (Debian Stretch) with a non-functional battery and I want to update the BIOS. How can I update the BIOS without WinFlash and EasyFlash?
I'm ...
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PC tower shuts down during FreeDos installation
I have an old Compaq Presario PC tower (i386), and I'm trying to install FreeDos legacy on it. I created a partition for the C: drive, marked it active, rebooted and started installing the packages. ...
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Pasting text to VirtualBox FreeDOS
I’m looking for an easy way to paste text from a Windows host machine to a VirtualBox VM running FreeDOS.
I’ve been mounting the VHD in Windows to move files, but this is not convenient to paste text ...
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Persistent FreeDOS live USB
This has been driving me crazy! I want to use FreeDOS as an OS, but I do not want to install it to my hard drive or use it in a virtual machine. I have been able to boot it by installing an image to ...
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How to to mount other drives in FreeDOS
How can I mount in FreeDOS, if mounting other drives is even possible? If it is which types of media can be mounted and which ones can't.
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Formatting FreeDOS partition
I just bought a laptop, and it came with FreeDOS. It has a 500gb drive, and it had a 30gb partition for the freedos, another 30gb partition for I don't know what, and around 400gb free space. I ...
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DOS with NTFS support
I have a Skylake generation laptop, no OS, but has all the partitions created using GPARTED. Now I would like to install OS to it, running the installation from a hard drive.
As far as I know I would ...
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How to access to USB flash drive with FreeDOS?
I would like to find my USB flash drive but I can't list it with DIR.
Do you know a command that could help me to find it ? I tried to access with cd D:\ but it doesn't find it.
Then, do you know if ...
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Bootx64.efi from freedos to modify bios
I have a USB flash drive which I used Rufus on and put freedos on it (FAT32). I created a folder in the drive EFI\BOOT with the file bootx64.efi in directory BOOT. I enter my bios then boot from my ...
