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Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD (Users)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 29.04.2021, 20:43

> > > Yesterday I tried to use the FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD. Because I
> > found
> > > a Dell Latitude610 notebook. And I am really dispappointed because it
> is
> > > something really awful. The live system is unusable, the boot process
> > ends
> > > in the minimal configuration unable to do anything useful.
> >
> > Currently downloading this live CD...
> >
> >
> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos...tributions/1.3/previews/1.3-rc3/FD13-LiveCD.zip
> >
> > Will report-back after it's burned and booted.
> ________________
>
>
> I don't have any blank CDs so burned the ISO onto a DVD+RW disc
>
>
> Booted it up on this Intel i5 machine which has a SATA DVD+RW drive
>
> Chose the live option... result ...
>
> ERROR: Unable to initialize CD-ROM drive.
> A:\>
> ____________________________
>
> So, booted it on the Intel DualCore machine which also has a SATA DVD+RW
> drive.
>
> Chose the live option... result ...
>
> ERROR: Unable to initialize CD-ROM drive.
> A:\>
> ___________________________
>
> Will now try booting it on the old-as-dirt circa 1997 P-II machine
> which has an IDE/PATA DVD+RW drive.
>
> BRB
> ____________________________
>
>
>
> There we go... she's loading-up.
> (quite slowly 'cus this P-II is only 266Mhz and has only 512MB of RAM)
>
> OK.... loaded-up and sitting at....
>
> R:\>
>
> ____
>
> So, SATA DVD+RW drives seem to be a no-go.
>
> __________________
>
> Now sending this post to the FreeDOS sourceforge mailing list as-well.


Personally... I'd call this a 'beta' version or perhaps even 'alpha'
but most certainly not yet a 'release candidate' :(

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Complete thread:

• Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - Laaca, 29.04.2021, 13:44 (Users)
  • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - RayeR, 29.04.2021, 16:17
  • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - tkchia, 29.04.2021, 18:23
    • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - RayeR, 29.04.2021, 18:53
      • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - tkchia, 29.04.2021, 19:06
  • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - Japheth, 29.04.2021, 18:44
  • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - glennmcc, 29.04.2021, 19:15
    • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - glennmcc, 29.04.2021, 20:26
      • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - glennmcc, 29.04.2021, 20:43
        • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - glennmcc, 29.04.2021, 21:14
          • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - RayeR, 30.04.2021, 14:59
            • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - mceric, 30.04.2021, 19:00
              • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - Ringding, 01.05.2021, 18:23
                • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - tkchia, 01.05.2021, 20:21
                  • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - mceric, 02.05.2021, 00:16
                  • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - Ringding, 03.05.2021, 17:22
                    • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - Ringding, 03.05.2021, 20:36
              • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - RayeR, 03.05.2021, 22:49
            • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - glennmcc, 01.05.2021, 18:26
  • Disgusted by FreeDOS 1.3RC installation CD - Laaca, 29.04.2021, 23:04