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hindssites · 01-13-2010, 05:56 AM

"Install WinISO, download the FreeDOS base ISO file and load it into WinISO (the shareware version only supports changing files smaller than 100 MB, but the base ISO file is 8 MB small). Navigate to the FREEDOS\3RDPARTY directory. Place the SYMCMOS.EXE there (just drag it into the window) and save the ISO file. Burn it (e.g. using CdBurnerXP).

Boot from the CD. Hit return at the first screen. On the next screen, select the second option (you don't want to install FreeDOS, you just want to run the command line interpreter). Now, navigate to the FREEDOS\3RDPARTY directory. Type "copy symcmos.exe a:". A: is a small RAM drive generated by FreeDOS at startup (which is actually big enough for our purposes). CD to A:\, then run the SYMCMOS.EXE util as you normally would ("symcmos -v2 -lDefault.txt"). Type "edit default.txt" and change the key you would like to change. (You don't need a separate DOS text editor as there is one included in the FreeDOS base CD image.) Save the file. Then type "symcmos -v2 -uDefault.txt" to reprogram the NVRAM."

In regards to the above post, I have finally been able to boot Freedos from a cd. However, navigating to "FREEDOS\3RDPARTY" is the next wall I have encountered. The default prompt is A:. Although, A: has a directory called FREEDOS, it does not list the subdirectory 3RDPARTY. I assume that would be found on the ISO image on the CD. However, it does not recognize my D: drive. Any ideas on how to navigate to that directory?

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hindssites Newbie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 6	Re: How to Enable Intel VT and AHCI on a Napa/Santa Rosa platform Phoenix BIOS Vaio laptop "Install WinISO, download the FreeDOS base ISO file and load it into WinISO (the shareware version only supports changing files smaller than 100 MB, but the base ISO file is 8 MB small). Navigate to the FREEDOS\3RDPARTY directory. Place the SYMCMOS.EXE there (just drag it into the window) and save the ISO file. Burn it (e.g. using CdBurnerXP). Boot from the CD. Hit return at the first screen. On the next screen, select the second option (you don't want to install FreeDOS, you just want to run the command line interpreter). Now, navigate to the FREEDOS\3RDPARTY directory. Type "copy symcmos.exe a:". A: is a small RAM drive generated by FreeDOS at startup (which is actually big enough for our purposes). CD to A:\, then run the SYMCMOS.EXE util as you normally would ("symcmos -v2 -lDefault.txt"). Type "edit default.txt" and change the key you would like to change. (You don't need a separate DOS text editor as there is one included in the FreeDOS base CD image.) Save the file. Then type "symcmos -v2 -uDefault.txt" to reprogram the NVRAM." In regards to the above post, I have finally been able to boot Freedos from a cd. However, navigating to "FREEDOS\3RDPARTY" is the next wall I have encountered. The default prompt is A:. Although, A: has a directory called FREEDOS, it does not list the subdirectory 3RDPARTY. I assume that would be found on the ISO image on the CD. However, it does not recognize my D: drive. Any ideas on how to navigate to that directory?