On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:34 PM Andy Stamp <luigi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 6:32 PM Random Liegh via Freedos-devel < > freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> Hi, thanks for replying. >> >> On 2/11/2019 11:17 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> > >> >> On Feb 11, 2019, at 1:37 PM, Random Liegh via Freedos-devel < >> freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> I just tried to boot FD13LGCY in virtualbox and got (what is to me) >> the weirdest error: https://imgur.com/a/EENC2Xf (screenshot) >> >> >> >> As a user, I would expect something labelled "legacy" to behave the >> same way previous versions behaved. Meaning, I would expect that image to >> boot into an installer of some sort the way 1.2 did. >> > You cannot use either the 1.2 or 1.3 Legacy CD with VirtualBox. They is >> a compatibility issue when you VirtualBox + Original El Torito Boot CD + >> FreeDOS/Drivers. >> > >> > Who the actual bug belongs to is unknown. But I suspect it is in >> VirtualBox somewhere. >> > >> > The installer knows you have booted the LGCY CD under VirtualBox. So, >> instead of continuing until the system freezes, it immediately drops out >> with that error message. >> > >> > You should use a normal (either LiveCD) to install in VirtualBox. >> > >> > Note, there is another VirtualBox issue I discovered as well. >> > >> > If you boot the LiveCD2 as a Live version of FreeDOS. You cannot just >> reboot and switch to Install FreeDOS on the boot menu. If you switch from >> one to the other You must power down the VM. Or, the system will crash at >> some point. This should not be the case, but it is. >> >> >> Thanks for the heads' up! >> >> >> I ran through a quick test install on virtualbox 6/windows 10 host >> with both of the live cds. 500mb virtual hard disks, 44mb of ram. Both >> installs worked without much in the way of glitches. >> >> >> >> I didn't try the live disk option in virtualbox. >> >> >> >> Personally, I feel like it would cause less confusion to have the >> "install" option on the menu above the "live cd" option -but perhaps that's >> bikeshedding. >> >> >> >> >> >> I tried installing on qemu and ran into the same problem that's >> already been mentioned; it's unable to locate the installation files. Both >> cds fail in the same point in the installer using Qemu, wether I use 44mb >> or 128mb. >> >> >> >> Trying the live cd (cd2) I got the following error while booting: >> https://gyazo.com/fff7bfa4dc696b7ea965a625ed7c6e74 >> >> >> >> The command line I used for qemu is: >> >> >> >> qemu-system-i386 -m 128 -hda \fd13rc1.vdi -cdrom FD13LIVE.ISO -boot d >> >> >> >> (fd13rc1.vdi had already been created using qemu-img) >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm running both qemu and virtualbox on a windows 10 home edition >> computer. >> >> >> > This is very interesting. Are you all running the latest version of >> QEMU? If so, you all should get the same result (good or bad). >> >> I'm running Qemu 3.1.0, 64 bit, from https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/ >> ...the Dec 11 2018 build (which, as far as I know, is the latest for >> windows). >> >> I've compiled a more recent version in Linux; but I wouldn't use that >> for testing because it's inside of a virtual machine (which might lead >> to unpredictable, possibly un-reproducible results). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> > > Not sure if this is useful, but I was able to install a full system in > VirtualBox 6.0.2 using the FD13FLOP.IMG floppy image and FD13LGCY.ISO CD > image at the same time. > > I generally stick to the basic installer or just a boot disk + fdinst, but > am downloading the live CD 1 to see what it's like. > > -- > --Andy > Apologies, I didn't realize that the live CDs could also be used as just an installer CD. If using as just an installer CD is there any difference between the 2 live CDs? -- --Andy
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