Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

2017-07-12 Thread Ralf Quint 
On 7/12/2017 8:59 AM, David wrote:
> Hi Ralf
>
> I've tried 2 ways;
> 1) I downloaded the 'CDROM standard installer' and created a cd frok
> that. I tried to install on machine that it didn't matter if it over
> wrote the existing OS or bootloader but it produced errors in the
> install process and locked up.
I asked to be precise in both the filename and the CD burning process
for a reason. A lot of times, the devil is in very tiny details...
To tell us more about the errors you get might help to narrow down the
actual issue you're having. And what exactly is the computer you are
trying to install on? What is/was the OS running on that machine before
you tried to install FreeDOS?
>
> 2) to use it on main computer I downloaded the 'Boot floppy'  version
> to create a bootable CD. Neither Windows or Linus will write this
> image to a CD. Windows (7) says it is not a valid ISO and Linux just
> doesn't other the CD as a valid location to write to..
Not surprising, it is named Boot *FLOPPY* for a reason, to clearly
indicate that this is NOT an ISO image to be burned...

Ralf


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Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

2017-07-12 Thread Jim Hall 
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:59 AM, David  wrote:
>
> I've tried 2 ways;
> 1) I downloaded the 'CDROM standard installer' and created a cd frok that. I 
> tried to install on machine that it didn't matter if it over wrote the 
> existing OS or bootloader but it produced errors in the install process and 
> locked up.
>
> 2) to use it on main computer I downloaded the 'Boot floppy'  version to 
> create a bootable CD. Neither Windows or Linus will write this image to a CD. 
> Windows (7) says it is not a valid ISO and Linux just doesn't other the CD as 
> a valid location to write to. I have had problems with writing ISO images 
> before and windows saying they are not valid ISO images. I can write this 
> image to a SD card but this errors on boot.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Kind regards
> David
>

Hi David

1)
The CDROM "standard" installer and CDROM "legacy" installer are the
only images that you can write to CDROM. If you are having problems
with the CDROM "standard" installer, then you should try the CDROM
"legacy" installer instead. The standard version works on most
machines. Some machines (notably, older PCs) need the legacy version.
The only different between standard and legacy is the boot method.

2)
The boot floppy is meant to be used *with* a CDROM, but not *as* the
CDROM. Some computers (again, usually older PCs) cannot boot from
CDROM. For these computers, you write the CDROM installer to a CDROM,
and write the boot floppy image to a floppy disk. Then boot the
computer from the floppy, then insert the install CDROM when the
install program starts up.

The boot floppy image is only meant to be written to a floppy disk. So
that's why your software says the boot floppy image is not a valid ISO
- because it isn't meant to be.


Another helpful note from my other email to you:

>You mentioned also trying to write it to an SD card. I don't know that
>anyone has tested an SD card, but I suppose it would work. To write to
>rewritable bootable media, we actually recommend writing the image to
>a USB fob drive. For a USB fob drive, it's better to use the USB
>"Full" installer or the USB "Lite" installer.


Jim

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Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

2017-07-12 Thread David 

Hi Ralf

I've tried 2 ways;
1) I downloaded the 'CDROM standard installer' and created a cd frok 
that. I tried to install on machine that it didn't matter if it over 
wrote the existing OS or bootloader but it produced errors in the 
install process and locked up.


2) to use it on main computer I downloaded the 'Boot floppy' version to 
create a bootable CD. Neither Windows or Linus will write this image to 
a CD. Windows (7) says it is not a valid ISO and Linux just doesn't 
other the CD as a valid location to write to. I have had problems with 
writing ISO images before and windows saying they are not valid ISO 
images. I can write this image to a SD card but this errors on boot.


Any help would be appreciated.
Kind regards
David





On 11/07/17 18:10, Ralf Quint wrote:

On 7/11/2017 9:45 AM, David wrote:

Hi.
I can't seem to get FreeDOS to install or create a boot disk. I've 
downloaded the create a boot disk image from the website but when I 
try to burn a cd windows says it is not a valid ISO file. Linus 
doen't seem to want burn a disk from it either but will write to SD 
card but this gives a boot error.

What am I going wrong?

Hard to tell with out a magic crystal ball.

Please be more precise in telling us exactly which image you 
downloaded and exactly which steps you are taking to burn it to a CD. 
Then we might have a chance ti figure out at exactly which step you 
went astray...


Ralf

 
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