Ok, this is the last option i can not seem to boot. i have a (seperate) usb stick that was formated using "flashboot" to use FreeDos to load up a DOS menu so that we at work may flash various BIOS'S and Firmwares etc.. anyway i put all the files on the root directory, it boots and starts 'autoexec.bat', but then as it loads 'start.bat' i can see the menu but also all the [esc] keys as well. at the very bottom i get this error
"Error reading from drive A: DOS area: unknown command given to driver
(A)bort, (I)gnore, ®etry, (F)ail? _ " upon some research i came across a thread on an asus motherboard site saying that the mother board driver needs to be loaded on the root directory of the usb disk.. I find it strange that that would be the case, as the orginal usb stick with just this utility booted just fine with nothing else on it. it should be pretty simple to add a menu option to boot and load that batch file (wishful thinking) any ways here is what my autoexec.bat file says:
@echo off set path=a:\freedos\msedit;a:\freedos\choice;a:\freedos\fdapm\bin start
and my menu.lst for the entry is as follows:
title Datalux Tools (TESTING) root (hd0,0) chainloader /kernel.sys
the start.bat file is this:
@echo off :start cls echo. echo [0;33m ****************************************************************************** echo [0;33m * [1;31m Motherboard Configuration & Test Utility - V1.0 [0;33m * echo [0;33m ****************************************************************************** echo. echo [1;32m 1. Seneca Series Menu (BIOS AND TESTING.) echo. echo [1;33m 2. Potomac Series Menu (BIOS AND TESTING) echo. echo [1;34m 3. Alpha Series Menu (BIOS AND TESTING echo. echo [1;36m 4. Update ATOM BIOS (Build Date: 01/12/11) echo. echo [1;37m 5. Restart Unit echo. echo [1;33m 6. Shutdown echo. CHOICE /C:123456 /N [1;36m Choose Option (1-6): if ERRORLEVEL 6 goto quit if ERRORLEVEL 5 goto reboot if ERRORLEVEL 4 goto ATOMBIOS if ERRORLEVEL 3 goto ALPHA if ERRORLEVEL 2 goto POTOMAC if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto SENECA goto exit rem ========================= rem Restart Unit :reboot cls echo. echo. echo [5;33m PLEASE WAIT WHILE WE REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM! [0;33m echo. reboot rem ========================= rem AMI Diagnostics :AMI cd\diag\amidiag amidiag /r potomac.ini msedit potomac.log cd\ potomac rem ========================= rem PCMCIA test :PCMCIA cls cd\sycard echo. echo. echo [5;33m echo Insert PCMCIA test card. [0;33m echo [0;30m echo. echo. echo [1;31m echo Slide switch [1;32m UP [1;31m for First Test echo [1;36m echo. pause call pec_pc 0 echo. echo [1;31m echo Slide switch [1;32m DOWN [1;31m for Cardbus test. echo [1;36m echo. pause call pec_cb 0 echo. cd \ pause goto start rem ========================= rem Run the ping test :PING cd\potomac\mac celo pause cd\ potomac rem ========================= rem fujitsu :fujitsu cd\hdd fdauto pause cd \ goto start rem ========================= rem Program the UUID :UUID cd\bios\r14 dmi_2043 /u amidedos /bv V1.02 read goto start rem ========================= rem Select for ATOM BIOS UPDATE :ATOMBIOS cls cd\atom\bios\dl405-2 call flash.bat cd \ goto start rem ========================= rem Select for SENECA menu :SENECA cls cd\seneca\ seneca cd \ goto start rem ========================= rem Select for POTOMAC BIOS UPDATE :BIOS cls cd\potomac\bios\r14 go goto start rem ========================= rem Memory Test :memory cd\memory mt420 pause cd\ goto start rem ========================= rem Program MAC failure :error echo. echo MAC Address not activated echo. pause goto start rem========================== rem quit :quit cls echo. echo. echo [5;33m PLEASE WAIT WHILE WE SHUTDOWN YOUR SYSTEM [0;33m echo. pwroff rem ========================= rem Select for POTOMAC menu :POTOMAC cls cd\potomac menu cd \ goto start
Edited by nubycakes, 22 October 2013 - 01:48 AM.
) in c:\freedos\choice\choice.com . (WHY? is another thing)
(temporarily) what Steve6375 suggested and simply use this:
