Hi, On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Garry Ricketson <garryricket...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am having a hard time, figureing out how to make a ISO image, of the > FreeDos partition on my computer.
I've never done so, but it can't be that hard. But (IIRC) Eric says you need a writable /tmp area big enough to hold everything, so that's 2x the space. From which OS are you trying to create it? > The intention is to make a image (ISO) I can install to Virtual Box, > I did install Freedos, to Virtual Box, using the tutorial posted here some > time ago, But I could not figure out how to add files, or programs, after > Freedos was installed (to Virtual Box). This is part of the problem with emulators: sharing files between host and guest. Is this the only reason you want an .ISO? You could use VMware instead and then use Eduardo's VMSMOUNT. Or just use DOSBox (or old old QEMU [0.9.0] when it still supported "fat:/") . But as far as VirtualBox goes, you may? have to use MS NET and/or an FTP server w/ packet driver. I don't know of a better way, and I have honestly never tried. For me, it's just easier to download whatever files I need (via wget or Dillo via AMDPD/pcntpk.com packet driver), but that won't work if you big local-only files. > So I resized my Linux partition, on the HD, created a dedicated Dos > partition, installed Freedos 1.1, (runs fine), and it was east enough to > copy the programs/files, to the dos partition, from Linux, (linux Mint10) > since it "reads" and mounts the partition just fine. I want to say that some emulators can read raw hard drive partitions, but I'm not sure, I've never tested. For sure I had read that DOSEMU supports such a thing. I imagine that some of the others (and maybe VirtualBox ??) do too? Read the docs! ;-) > Ok so now I have Freedos, and the programs , 1 game I use, all working well > , on a separate partition. So what I want to do is make a copy, bootable > ISO, of the partition (HD), that I could install in Virtual Box. Try one of these: genisoimage ... mkisofs. (Cygwin probably has one of those too.) Lemme search my archives for that commandline that Eric posted a few years ago: ============================= mkisofs -R -D -V "FreeDOS 1.1rc1" -o ~/fdbasecd-remastered.iso \ -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \ -no-emul-boot \-boot-load-size 4 \ -boot-info-table /tmp/fdbasecd-contents/ ============================= Also see here (though I don't know if it's better or worse; plus, searching the SF.net wiki for "mkisofs" didn't find anything): http://web.archive.org/web/20090228132931/http://wiki.fdos.org/Installation/BootDiskCreateCDROM > So I can run the game, or other dos programs, with out "closing" or > shutting down, and re-booting, with dos. DOSEMU? DOSBox? Those work well with (most) games, e.g. Hexen2. At least, that's the easiest way, not requiring building an .ISO. > With VB,...It seems easy enough to > install a ISO image to virtual box, but where I am "hung up" is How to make > the ISO image ? Making .ISOs is not for average users. ;-) > ----------------------------------------------- > Ok, 1 more question, I also installed Freedos to a laptop, (Acer aspire > series 150), runs fine, but I can not get the > "touch pad ,(mouse)", or a USB mouse, to work. I tried CTMOUSE, but it says > it is not installed ? Do I need to download CTMOUSE , and add it ? I also > tried installing the USBUHCI driver, so I could use USBMOUSE, but it is > causeing a "lockup",... (keyboard,etc) just as the warning says it might. So > any suggestions as to what usb /mouse driver would be best ? It may not work (well) on some computers (e.g. my old laptop). Either BIOS bugs or whatever, dunno. > On this computer (the one I use most,and am using at this time), my > "table" top, a old IBM, I did not have any problem with the mouse working > when I installed Freedos, everything works fine, right from the start. > Thanks from Garry Yes, older computers work better for such "legacy" things as BIOS, DOS, PS/2 mouse, etc. > Thank you and have a Good Day! P.S. I hope I'm not adding too much burden to anybody by suggesting them, but it "seems" that people like Bernd, Alain, and Eric would be best suited to suggest tips here. (Either that or me searching and reposting from old mail archives or trying myself [tedious, blech!].) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
