The install I have wanted to try (in connectix vpc) is the test FreeDOS FDT2404-Live CD.zip from ibiblio. The test fails on both options with or without sources added. TestDisk is where it will always stop. ‘Util\testdisk’ package. A reboot may help.
On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 01:49 Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Apr 6, 2024, at 8:40 PM, Norby Droid via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > One issue I find alot when tryin to install FreeDos is that it would go > most of the way through the install then without any reason and no > explanation as to why, it just stops and says there is a problem so reboot > or exit. > > The installer is batch based. It uses other executable utilities to > perform the required tasks. This limits the amount of information that is > passed back to the installer when an error occurs. > > However, there are only a couple things that generally cause an install to > fail after packages have already started to extract successfully. > > Corrupted install media. > Insufficient disk space. > File conflicts. > > Around the time of the 1.3 release, there was a file conflict that would > occur when Full+Sources was selected. One of the packages contained its > source files and those of another package. So when selected, it would cause > a conflict during installation. That conflict was resolved and does not > occur in the latest test builds. > > You could just install BASE with or without sources. Then after rebooting > from the installed system, put the CD back into the drive and run FDIMPLES. > > That will make it easy to install any additional packages that could have > been installed with FULL or those from the BonusCD. > > You could also try the monthly interim test build of FreeDOS. While it is > not a “release”, it contains many fixes since 1.3 and numerous software > updates. However, it is a test build and some of the updated software may > have issues. It is available on ibiblio in the test directory for > distributions. > > > > > I have FD in three locations. Second drive in my old desktop, usb > drive, and in connectix virtual pc in windows xp. The glitch would happen > no matter which environment I use. I decided to use 7zip to test and > extract all files from the liveCD and all passed and was successful. As > another test I went in and tested all the .zip files found in the > directories and they also all passed the test. I take from this that if > the files are good then the issue is with my system? > > If your installing Full + Sources, possibly not. > > > > > Is there any way to find out why it crashes? > > Not really. > > When 1.3 was released, there was no reliable good was to record such > information during installation. > > Since that time, a new utility was created that can efficiently record > boot messages, program output and other messages. That programs recording > could be output to a log when needed. > > However, no decision has been made to use the program on the install > media. If it were, support could be added to the installer to record more > detailed information about the installation process. > > > > I know in the latest version on ibiblio the file “TestDisk” is where it > would always crash. Is it possible to just extract all the .zip files into > separate directories in each folder the zips reside in and still have a > proper FreeDos install? > > Well, mostly yes. But, there are some issues with dying it that way. > > Most programs that come with FreeDOS will work fine regardless of what > directory they are located. However, a few won’t and need configured for > their location. > > Also, the directories in the zip archive are meta-directories. Many paths > are remapped during the package installation. > > :-) > Jerome > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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