Hi, On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 5:15 PM, <caswellrie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello! Basically, my issue is summarized in the title.
"FreeDOS in VirtualBox: Bad or missing command interpreter and keyboard doesn't work" > I have installed a FreeDOS 1.1 install as a VirtualBox guest, Which VirtualBox? 5.x (64-bit)? Atop what host OS? Windows 10 (64-bit)? > but when I boot Which boot option? Default? #1? > I get the error “Bad or missing command interpreter” and then a prompt > to enter the path to COMMAND.COM. However, when this prompt is issued, the > system stops accepting keyboard input. Are you using a wireless USB keyboard? > The keyboard works before this prompt. Have you tried QEMU instead? Does it still (not) work there? http://qemu.weilnetz.de > Possibly related, but I had to try to install from the CD image twice, You mean from this particular .iso? http://www.freedos.org/download/download/fd11src.iso > because the first time the installer froze after I selected my > language/keyboard layout. What language and keyboard are you trying to use? What happens when you just use English / US instead? Does it still fail? P.S. Anyways, there are some pre-installed VBox images available to download, if you'd rather not "install" manually at all: https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
