[Freedos-user] Ré : How to try FDT2404 (Latest test version) on QEMU
--- Le jeu., 04 avr. 2024 23:45:33 -0400 Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user a écrit > Information given at boot seems to say E: is the INSTALLDISK... but it is > really D: ... I don't know why. Oh, I know... I use to use a .iso file, but this time I use a .img file... so DESTDISK is C: , INSTALLDISK is D: and the E: cdrom drive is empty. Also, I did began the installation like I said, bug change back to using the kvm command line. Because kvm is so much faster than qemu-system-i386... but even with kvm... installation took about 40 mins... which is longer than most Linux distro installations. I think in older version of QEMU, we would have used -enable-kvm ... but now there is a kvm command line that replace qemu-system-i386 or qemu-system-x86_64 ... So I guess it would make sense to download the bonus disk... and use that as a virtual DVD. So let me rewrite the instructions: (I think I am also correcting some errors in previous email) QEMU is a program found on Linux distributions, to emulate a computer. kvm is a special version of qemu, much faster, but need some stuff from the kernel to work. Download and extract https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-FullUSB.zip in FDT2404USB directory. Download and extract https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-BonusCD.zip in a temporary directory. Move T2404BNS.iso to the FDT2404USB cd FDT2404USB qemu-img create fdos.img 1000M DESTDISK=fdos.img INSTALLDISK=T2404FULL.img BONUS=T2404BNS.iso At install time, I present first INSTALLDISK, then DESTDISK: kvm -cpu 486 -name FreeDOS -machine pc-i440fx-4.2 -m 64 -drive format=raw,file=$INSTALLDISK -drive format=raw,file=$DESTDISK -audiodev pa,id=mysnd -device sb16,audiodev=mysnd -device adlib,audiodev=mysnd -machine pcspk-audiodev=mysnd -vga cirrus -display sdl -net nic,model=pcnet -net user After installation, I present first DESTDISK containing the installed FreeDOS, and then the BONUS disk as a DVD (cdrom): kvm -cpu 486 -name FreeDOS -machine pc-i440fx-4.2 -m 64 -drive format=raw,file=$DESTDISK -cdrom $BONUS -audiodev pa,id=mysnd -device sb16,audiodev=mysnd -device adlib,audiodev=mysnd -machine pcspk-audiodev=mysnd -vga cirrus -display sdl -net nic,model=pcnet -net user If kvm is not available use qemu-system-i386 instead. And if qemu-system-i386, use qemu-system-x86_64 instead. I believe qemu-system-i386 is faster for DOS than qemu-system-x86_64. You can now use fdimples command to add new programs from the bonus DVD. I hope this make it more usefull instructions! ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] How to try FDT2404 (Latest test version) on QEMU
Hi! Especially to Lunduke fans having their "second part" of DOS week... about one year and a half after first part. So from April 3 to April 10 2024. I am not a paid subscriber to lunduke.locals.com and just observing it from far. I decided to retry FreeDOS after not using it for too many months. And as I do in this time... I search back the messages I have previously left on the list to help me know how to launch qemu... as I don't think the wiki have an article about it... But it has been a long time... and I am seeding a new message for the next time(s). So FDT2404 is out: " ### FreeDOS 2404-Test ("FreeDOS T2404") ### Warning: This is a FreeDOS development build and is for testing purposes. It may exhibit behavior vary different from a release build and may not be suitable for regular use. For general use, please consider using the latest release build available at http://freedos.org " And can be found at: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/readme.txt This time, I have chosen to use https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-FullUSB.zip rather than the usual https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-LiveCD.zip Mostly, I find a disk image, a more simple and logical format that a CDROM or DVD image format (iso file). So with an iso file I would use -cdrom image.iso... but the FullUSB.zip contains an .img file, that I will use the same qemu parameter as the hard drive destination image: -drive format=raw,file=$DISK where DISK=T2404FULL.img Steps goes about like this: Download and extract https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-FullUSB.zip in FDT2404 directory. cd FDT2404 qemu-img create fdos.img 1000M DESTDISK=fdos.img INSTALLDISK=FDT2404FULL.img At install time, I present first INSTALLDISK, then DESTDISK: qemu-system-i386 -cpu 486 -name FreeDOS -machine pc-i440fx-4.2 -m 64 -drive format=raw,file=$INSTALLDISK -drive format=raw,file=$DESTDISK -audiodev pa,id=mysnd -device sb16,audiodev=mysnd -device adlib,audiodev=mysnd -machine pcspk-audiodev=mysnd -vga cirrus -display sdl -net nic,model=pcnet -net user After installation, I present first DESTDISK containing the installed FreeDOS, and then INSTALLDISK (not so much needed anymore): qemu-system-i386 -cpu 486 -name FreeDOS -machine pc-i440fx-4.2 -m 64 -drive format=raw,file=$DESTDISK -drive format=raw,file=$INSTALLDISK -audiodev pa,id=mysnd -device sb16,audiodev=mysnd -device adlib,audiodev=mysnd -machine pcspk-audiodev=mysnd -vga cirrus -display sdl -net nic,model=pcnet -net user Information given at boot seems to say E: is the INSTALLDISK... but it is really D: ... I don't know why. Games seems to work often better than it did in my memory. Was it on VirtualBox that color palette was wrong? Also... Magic Mirror game seems to start... and I did not remember to have seen it working before. For me DHCP seems not really working... but I run this on Vanilla OS ... with apx run $command and so I think maybe it does not work because the virtual machine is running inside the Ubuntu sub-machine (an other virtual machine as far as I know). So it seems to be the gist of what I wanted to say. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user