> Which VirtualBox?
VBox 5.0.12, 64-bit, host is 64 bit Windows 8.1
> Which boot option?
Default, #1. I have since modified fdconfig.sys to auto boot into option 4.
Keyboard works, disk mounting works, everything works without those fancy
drivers loaded. I believe it’s probably a conflict with virtualbox and not
something easily resolved.
> Are you using a wireless USB keyboard?
Nope. I am on a laptop, if that matters.
> What language/keyboard…
I chose English/US the first time. It only froze on the first attempt.
I ended up reinstalling FreeDOS with only the base and kernel packages, and the
boot problem persisted. See my comment about amending fdconfig.sys above.
> You mean from this particular iso?
Yes.
> What happened to classic F5?
When you boot from the CD iso, you get a bootloader menu. F5 does nothing
there. F5 does what it’s supposed to when booting from the harddisk.
Anyway, I don’t need the extra drivers. I have successfully installed a few
packages (nasm, watcom, etc.) and have progressed to working on a text mode
interface for a specific application (which is why I even tried to use FreeDOS).
Thanks for all the help!
73 Matt Rienzo W9ERA
B.S.E.E | B.S. Music
From: Rugxulo
Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 5:38 PM
To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS.
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/
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