Thanks for all the replies! Well I'm not sure if I should contact PocketDOS's developer to ask him to check if it's a bug in the BIOS implementation (maybe I will). And I don't know how to debug this myself...
As a debugging step, it would be interesting to boot the PocketDOS VM > with the FreeDOS Floppy Distro boot floppy and use F8 to turn > singlestepping ON. Accept the "SHELL=COMMAND.COM" line, but do not > accept the "\FDAUTO.BAT" line. You should get put into a DOS prompt. > That at least demonstrates that FreeDOS will boot on PocketDOS. > This is indeed interesting. After entering the DOS prompt I feel like I get more control over the whole thing. I'm not gonna try manually running the installation process yet, but is there a way to modify the source code and recompile it to an IMG file? I'm thinking, if that's possible, I could probably skip that prompt (and maybe other similar ones too) by simply editing the code. On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM Lutalli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to install FreeDOS 1.4 (Floppy Edition) on an HP Jornada 720 > using PocketDOS. The installer runs but I get stuck at "Do you want to > proceed [Y,N]?". There the cursor is still blinking but I can't type > anything. Same problem occurs with FreeDOS 1.3. > > Also check this thread > <https://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=21661#M193592> > from > the HPC:Factor forum. Does anyone probably know what is causing this and > how to fix it? > > Here's another question asked in this thread: > >> Is there a command line setup flag to disable the graphical part of the >> installer, and only run in text mode? Or what setup flag in the >> "StepByStep" mode controls that? > > > Thanks in advance! > Lutalli >
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