I finally got the USB floppy drive able to boot after a BIOS update :) I'm progressing... I 'shrank' the NTFS partitition and defined a fat16(LBA) partititon in the freed space. I booted the install disc and got it mostly done, but I'm having difficulty setting up TCP/IP. The config script detects the laptops onboard ethernet port (Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC) and attempts to connect to my router's DHCP server and appears to hang there. The router is setup to provide IPs in the range of 192.168.215.3-24 (.2 is a second router, .25 & .26 are TCP/IP printers, .27 is a TCP/IP connected disc drive, 27-30 are unused) netmask 255.255.255.192 gateway 192.168.215.1 dns 192.168.215.1 (router forwards to where ever its DHCP client got as DNS server(s)). This computer is supposed to get 192.168.215.5 according to the routers pseudo-static MAC to IP mapping.
Is there a way specify the IP's and netmask to the TCP/IP client so it can set itself up? something equivilent to ifconfig & route. I get stuck in the install process trying to get a DHCP connection to the router. Since the DHCP client never finishes, the install script can't go to the next thing to do. I was hoping I could specify the IPs and netmask manually to avoid the DHCP client's hanging. Can FreeDOS print to a TCP/IP connected LPR server? Thanks > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 03:28:27 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] I'm looking for a way to use a USB floppy drive - > I can boot from a CDROM drive ok > > > Hi David, > > actually a few 100 MB FAT16 should be fine for DOS already :-) > Remember to use LBA partitions if you put them after the first > 8 GB of your disk. Depending on your boot menu, you will only > be able to boot from primary partitions. You can NOT run our > installer from within Windows, but you can unzip the package > zips into a c:fdos directory to get the equivalent of a good > part of the install process. You will then have to write the > autoexec / config manually, though, and you will still have > to boot DOS from USB, cdrom or diskette to run SYS to install > the kernel, command.com and a boot sector on a FAT partition. > There is also a SYS-style tool which can be used from within > Linux, useful if you cannot boot any DOS from USB/CD/floppy. > Note that DMF format might be a problem for USB floppy drives. > You can actually copy the ISO to c:fdbootcd.iso and then boot > from our special installer diskette: It will then mount the > ISO and run the rest of the install process :-). Of course > c: is what DOS calls c: here - the first FAT partition. > >> Where can I get a driver set for a USB foppy drive > > If you have a good BIOS, the USB floppy will be visible to > DOS. With some BIOSes, this only works if you actually do > boot from the USB floppy. For generic USB storage such as > USB sticks (flash drives) and external harddisks, there > are a few DOS drivers available. I myself prefer USBASPI > (Panasonic, version 2.15) and ASPIDISK (Adaptec?) which > are both free but copyrighted and closed source. You load > the USBASPI driver first and then load ASPIDISK which is > a sort of "create drive letters for SCSI/ASPI drives" > driver. Note that you do not need ASPIDISK for real SCSI > harddisks because those already have a bootable BIOS so > DOS creates drive letters itself at boot time already. > > Eric > > PS: You should not expect hotplugging with most drivers, > but I guess some of the DOS USB drivers do support it > maybe DUSE does... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
