Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread Tomas By
Hello, It would help if people tried to understand the context. Serva is a windows program. You put a .img/.iso file somewhere and that's it. There is no `line with boot options' that I mess with. Theoretically, I guess I might open the .img, mess a bit, put it back together, but... /Tomas

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread John Vella
Hi guys, Apologies if I'm way off target here, as I am no FreeDOS expert, but as soon as I read the words "Opcode error" my first thought was has he tried pressing tab and adding the word raw to the end of the command line in the boot options? Hope this helps, John. On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 at

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread Tomas By
I managed to boot with the `x86 floppy' version. `Automatic partitioning' failed; fdisk seems to work but refuses to set the windows partition to bootable (sigh); the disk (ie the Freedos partition) is not recognised; format says `illegal drive.' Would it be a good idea to format the Freedos

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread Tomas By
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:36:55 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > [...] you can pick your own os, so we can expect a minimum > of compatibility even with dos. It seems to be a normal PC. Am running Win 7 on it. /Tomas ___ Freedos-user mailing list

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread Eric Auer
hi dennis, >> It's an `Aopen Digital Engine.' > > Okay - a small form factor device intended for digital kiosk, POS, > smart signage and other retail solutions. > > You *can't* install FreeDOS, or any *other* OS. It only supports ChromeOS > >

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread dmccunney
On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 11:13 AM Tomas By wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:09:10 +0100, dmccunney wrote: > > What he is trying to install FreeDOS *on* using it would be nice to know. > > It's an `Aopen Digital Engine.' Okay - a small form factor device intended for digital kiosk, POS, smart

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread Tomas By
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:09:10 +0100, dmccunney wrote: > What he is trying to install FreeDOS *on* using it would be nice to know. It's an `Aopen Digital Engine.' /Tomas ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread dmccunney
n Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 10:44 AM Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi! Not sure what Serva is, but as you mention PXE, I believe Serva is this:https://www.vercot.com/~serva/ What he is trying to install FreeDOS *on* using it would be nice to know. __ Dennis

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! Not sure what Serva is, but as you mention PXE, you probably use a Linux type boot loader and a MEMDISK style bootable ramdisk to load DOS? Then you will have to be careful with memory managers such as HIMEM or EMM386 to not accidentally get in conflict with the PXE and MEMDISK

Re: [Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread Tomas By
The `legacy' .iso file also fails (different error). /Tomas On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:41:14 +0100, Tomas By wrote: > > Hi all, > > Am trying to install Freedos using Serva. The machine does not allow > boot from USB (and there is no other removable media). > > Am getting `Invalid Opcode at 0FAE

[Freedos-user] PXE/Serva

2021-01-10 Thread Tomas By
Hi all, Am trying to install Freedos using Serva. The machine does not allow boot from USB (and there is no other removable media). Am getting `Invalid Opcode at 0FAE 1068 0046 0001 0002 ...' Have tried 1.2 and 1.3, the floppy.img files. This seems to be a requirement of Serva. I also tried