OK, so the cat is now awake, and I have installed a fresh copy of FreeDOS 1.3 on VirtualBox. The DVD is visible. This is weird.
Can you copy and paste the contents of your fdauto.bat file into an email, to help with further diagnosis? On Sun, 18 Sept 2022 at 20:44, John Vella <john.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > As I understand it, (and I'm not in front of a computer so I can't check > right now) fdauto on the install disk can access the optical drive, but the > files required to access the optical drive are not copied during install, > and the lines are not in the fdauto file on the hard drive. > > I may be wrong, but as I said, I'm not in front of the computer at the > moment, and the cat has fallen asleep on my lap, so I can't get up and > check right now! > > As soon as he shifts, I'll get the laptop and confirm this, unless anybody > else wants to chip in... > > > On Sun, 18 Sep 2022, 20:32 Glenn Holmer via Freedos-user, < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> On 9/18/22 14:12, John Vella wrote: >> > You should look at fdauto.bat, copy and paste the relevant lines into >> > the copy on your hard drive and copy the files it calls into the dos >> folder. >> >> Are you suggesting that the installer wrote config files that point to >> drivers that don't exist? That doesn't seem likely... >> >> -- >> Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) >> "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >
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