What's wrong with Virtual PC? I've used it, with success, plus, it's a free product right now.
On 3/14/07, someone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 00:50 -0700, BrentMartin wrote: > > FreeDOS HIMEM64 3.26 [August 25 2006] (c) 1995, Till Gerken 2001-2006 tom > > ehlert > > HIMEM - Always On A20 method used > > UMB's unavailable! > > > > XCDROM V2.2, 2-08-2006. > > Driver name is "FDCD0001". > > UltraDMA controller at I-O address FFA0h, Chip I.D. 80867111h. > > Unit 0: Secondary-master, Virtual CD, PIO mode. > > UMB's unavailable! > > CD-ROM XMS/386 read cache, E. Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2001-2004 > > License: GPL 2. For standard CD-ROM device drivers. > > XMS allocated: 3.00 MB, driver size with tables nad stack: 7035 bytes. > > CDRcache loaded as device CDRCACH0 - caching the device(s) of FDCD0001. > > > > UMB's unavailable! > > MORE$driver by Eric Auer 2003 loaded. Use: ... > MORE$ > > UMB's unavailable! > > > > Invalid Opcode at 214C 0583 0246 001E 0000 0000 0001 21AC 9DA2 00D1 FFF0 > > 7D3D 10.......trails off > > > > I tried to install FreeDOS on my AMD Athlon 64 3400+ machine, with the above > > results when I try to boot from a virtual FAT32 drive under Microsoft > > Virtual PC 2007. > > > > No matter which menu choice I make (1, 2, or 3) it does something similar. > > It won't let me select option 4 from the menu (4 - Load FreeDOS without > > drivers) > > > > I have a group where I posted some screen shots of my attempts to get > > FreeDOS to boot of the virtual hard drive. > > > > I'm guessing it's something simple, like running the sys command manually, > > but I hate to guess at such things. I'm using Virtual PC to protect my hard > > drive from potential corruption, and I pray a lot to the software gods that > > they won't let me down. > > > > Understand FreeDOS thread at my group with some nice screen shots > > > > I'm a professional programmer, with an interest in operating systems, and I > > am very interested in getting FreeDOS to run on Virtual PC or a similar > > virtual environment, for use in O/S research on an amateur basis. I'm > > working on my own O/S named DORIS, and I'm currently working in GNAT Ada, > > after trying Small-C and assembler. > > > > I would appreciate any help in getting this baby (FreeDOS) running! > > > > I can boot from the CD just fine and it comes up and runs fine under Windows > > XP Pro/SP2 with all the latest updates. > > > > I haven't tried FreeDOS on any other PCs, real or virtual, at least not yet. > > > > I'm hoping you have a quick fix. > > > > Thanks in advance for your kind attention and consideration, and please let > > me know if I'm doing something wrong or if it's a genuine problem that needs > > or needed to be reported. > > > > Danke schön! Merci beaucoup! Thank you very much. > > > > (I'm also interested in localization and languages and notice someone asked > > about that!) > > > > Brent martin > > DON"T USE MICROSOFT'S VIRTUAL PC. Go to http://www.vmware.com and > switch ASAP. A suggestion is that dosemu, which is free, might be > better at supporting freedos than even vmware. Virtual PC is an > inferior product compared to vmware. You can use an evaluation copy of > workstation and then use player for free to run the virtual machine you > created with workstation indefinitely. Windows 98SE, has Dos 7 > underneath which is the last real version of MS-DOS, works very well > in vmware-player and vmware-workstation. If you are interested in free > software, WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU TRUSTING MICROSOFT CONTROLLED PRODUCTS > TO TEST IT. Microsoft is a monopoly, Microsoft wants everyone to need > Windows, need I say more? > > -- Michael C. Robinson > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
