Re: [Freedos-user] freedos under paralles on x86 mac
I don't have Parallels anymore, but to debug this I tried to install FreeDOS 1.0 using VMWare. I hit the same problem you found: after using XFDisk to partition the drive, reboot, and then you see invalid operating system. The reason is that the BIOS presented by VMWare (or in your case, Parallels) tries to boot from the hard drive first, then CD-ROM. If the hard drive is uninitialized (i.e. no partitions, before you run XFDisk) then it boots correctly from the FreeDOS 1.0 install CD. Once you partition the drive, there is a C: drive there, so the virtual machine tries to boot from the C: drive. But there isn't an operating system there yet, so the virtual machine aborts with invalid operating system. The solution is to edit the BIOS settings using the BIOS Setup program. You'll see this when you boot your virtual machine - under VMWare, you press F2 when you see the VMWare BIOS logo. Under the Boot menu, you'll be able to change the boot selection order. On VMWare, you move the cursor to CD-ROM then use + to move it up in the list (above Hard Drive.) Once you've done that, the virtual machine should be able to boot the FreeDOS 1.0 install CD to do the actuall installation. On my VMWare instance, it took about 10 minutes. :-) -jh On 3/28/07, Bonnie Dalzell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK I took notes this time. Try to install real freedos (not run it inside linux inside parallels) Parallels has you pick options Picked DOS and then under that Other DOS Gave it 192 MB of memory and a gig for its harddrive. All this is happening in the paralles window on the mac desktop. Used the FreeDos 1.0 Full CD I downloaded and burned Feb 27 2007 Installed boot manager. Restart and get the startup screen with the boot manager and Freedos as the choice in boot manager However when I try and boot freedos i get the following: freedos is booting please be patient Invalid Operating System hmm. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] freedos under paralles on x86 mac
Yes, I used the same trick, it's exactly like a REAL machine ;-) Alain Jim Hall escreveu: I don't have Parallels anymore, but to debug this I tried to install FreeDOS 1.0 using VMWare. I hit the same problem you found: after using XFDisk to partition the drive, reboot, and then you see invalid operating system. The reason is that the BIOS presented by VMWare (or in your case, Parallels) tries to boot from the hard drive first, then CD-ROM. If the hard drive is uninitialized (i.e. no partitions, before you run XFDisk) then it boots correctly from the FreeDOS 1.0 install CD. Once you partition the drive, there is a C: drive there, so the virtual machine tries to boot from the C: drive. But there isn't an operating system there yet, so the virtual machine aborts with invalid operating system. The solution is to edit the BIOS settings using the BIOS Setup program. You'll see this when you boot your virtual machine - under VMWare, you press F2 when you see the VMWare BIOS logo. Under the Boot menu, you'll be able to change the boot selection order. On VMWare, you move the cursor to CD-ROM then use + to move it up in the list (above Hard Drive.) Once you've done that, the virtual machine should be able to boot the FreeDOS 1.0 install CD to do the actuall installation. On my VMWare instance, it took about 10 minutes. :-) -jh On 3/28/07, Bonnie Dalzell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK I took notes this time. Try to install real freedos (not run it inside linux inside parallels) Parallels has you pick options Picked DOS and then under that Other DOS Gave it 192 MB of memory and a gig for its harddrive. All this is happening in the paralles window on the mac desktop. Used the FreeDos 1.0 Full CD I downloaded and burned Feb 27 2007 Installed boot manager. Restart and get the startup screen with the boot manager and Freedos as the choice in boot manager However when I try and boot freedos i get the following: freedos is booting please be patient Invalid Operating System hmm. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS-1.0 Cdrom Images May Not Be Bootable
On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 14:09 +0200, Eric Auer wrote: Hi Roger, To fix, I re-ran mkisofs on the iso file after mounting it. I've then posted instructions here: http://wiki.fdos.org/Installation/BootDiskCreateCDROM Can you also provide information on how the re-compiled iso file differs from the original one? Then we can check why we did not get things right in the official isos. I already did. :-) I simply extracted the iso and re-ran mkisofs. I strongly think it was one of the switches I used with mkisofs that solved the problem. The choice of command line switches was simply obtained from the Isolinux/Syslinux documentation on it's usage. I'm guessing the FreeDOS packager either left out or modified a switch preventing the iso files from being bootable on some platforms. Or, if mkisofs actually reads any of the libs of the user's installed syslinux, then I have sys-boot/syslinux-3.31 installed here. In addition, if that is not asking a bit too much, would you be interested to throw some updates in your iso and then help us to get an updated fdbase iso online with your changes and the updates? We would have to find a nice way to transfer such a big file, of course. I can give you detailled information about the suggested updates. All I needed to do was update my firmware on my Sil 3112a PCI card. Of which, Silicon required running their updates from DOS. Matter of fact, they actually requested users to use FreeDOS and gave step by step directions on their website! Getting disgruntled and absolutely refusing to install my troublesome floppy drive, I immediately resorted to finally getting and learning how to use FreeDOS live cdrom. Because it's DOS and have had my share of fun using DOS in school along with BASIC COBOL, I prefer sticking with Linux. :-) I think it's a great tool for Corporations to use if they want to insist on always using DOS for bios updates. Thanks ;-) Eric Since I learn much from the Wiki Godesses, I noticed FreeDOS had an empty one, I try to at least help document as much as I can with the little free time I get. :-/ Currently, I'm keeping an eye on the LinuxBios Project with Intel 440BX. If I had more free time, I would be more active with helping getting working bios builds for them, but I spend a lot of time cooking with my odd diet. :-/ I also have a feeling I might be needing the FreeDOS live cdrom for burning the LinuxBios files if the LinuxBios flashrom scripts can unmask by 440BX motherboard chips. ... Another thought, I've got a couple of DiskOnChips that have DOS tools for reading and writing partitions and other data to them. . Just for kicks, I might yank out my Bios chip and play with my DiskOnChips within FreeDOS for awhile today. :-) -- Roger http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/index.html Key fingerprint = 8977 A252 2623 F567 70CD 1261 640F C963 1005 1D61 Mon Apr 2 15:36:18 PDT 2007 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] encryption program
Hello. I would suggest to add into FreeDOS any encryption utility, as crypt in the FreeBSD for example. http://vmsone.com/~decuslib/decus/secure/idea_v1_1.tar_z : IDEA implementation, easy to compile with Pacific C for MS-DOS, v7.51 and DJGPP Version 2.03. -- ice 0x696365*gmail,com - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] encryption program
I would suggest to add into FreeDOS any encryption utility, as crypt in the FreeBSD for example. http://vmsone.com/~decuslib/decus/secure/idea_v1_1.tar_z : IDEA implementation, easy to compile with Pacific C for MS-DOS, v7.51 and DJGPP Version 2.03. IDEA is not a free cryptographic algorithm. Its licence prohibites the use in some cases (have a look at http://www.mediacrypt.com/ as the patent holder for idea). Norbert - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
