Successful update. No need for call ver. Just needed to add vmadd386.sys to the config. However, it doesn't work in option 2. I had to add this line: 4?Device=C:\Dosadd\vmadd386.sys
If anyone has this issue in the future, I hope this helps. On Sat, May 9, 2026 at 16:40 Jim Hall via Freedos-user < [email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, May 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM Norby Droid via Freedos-user > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to have FreeDOS report itself as MSDOS? > > > > > > Not sure if this is possible or even how some programs may work. > > > > > > I work in FreeDOS in virtual PC 2007 and I am tryin to use fshare which > > > allows shared folders in VPC but it tells me that "folder sharing on > > > this host is not allowed" which makes me think it expects msdos but is > > > gettin freedos instead. Is there a way to have the system temporarily > > > report as msdos instead of freedos, or a way to have programs see the > > > system as msdos and not freedos? > > > > > > I think this may help in gettin more software to work in FreeDOS. Just > > > my opinion and I could be wrong. > > > > > > Could anyone enlighten me on this and their opinions? Thank you. > > > Googling your error message, I found several sites that suggest you > didn't set up folder sharing on the VirtualPC side of things. That > actually makes more sense, given the error message is "folder sharing > on this host is not allowed" (and with virtual machines: "host" is the > virtual machine software, like VirtualPC .. "guest" is the operating > system that you run inside it) > > So you should look again at your VirtualPC configuration. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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