Re: [Freedos-user] Missing CDROM drive
Hi,On Apr 7, 2024, at 6:46 PM, dnashmcp--- via Freedos-user wrote:I have a Thinkpad X301 (I think a perfect fit for FreeDOS). I was able to install to C: from the FD-13LIVE CD and it loads a driver for the CDROM as ELTORITO, but when I boot after installation it fails on the first attempt to load a cdrom driver. The install of ELTORITO point to www.nu2.nu/eltorito but there is nothing there. I am so rusty on DOS and I need some help. ___Freedos-user mailing listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-userI was informed that the ELTORITO driver was only good for booting from CD. This is why the driver is not automatically installed to the hard disk.However, some users have reported that it has worked for them as a general CD driver when booting from the hard drive. You can just boot the LiveCD again and copy the driver over from the CD onto the hard drive. It is located in the \FREEDOS\BIN directory. It should be copied to the same location on the hard drive.Then reboot from the hard drive. The CD initialization process will automatically try that driver (when present) if the others don’t work.Jerome___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Missing CDROM drive
I have a Thinkpad X301 (I think a perfect fit for FreeDOS). I was able to install to C: from the FD-13LIVE CD and it loads a driver for the CDROM as ELTORITO, but when I boot after installation it fails on the first attempt to load a cdrom driver. The install of ELTORITO point to www.nu2.nu/eltorito but there is nothing there. I am so rusty on DOS and I need some help. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install
Hi Norby, > Thanks to jerome I believe the issue was tryin to install over the old > copy since i fprmated the drive before the install this time and it > worked. I probably should have tried that before sendin out the long > message. My gremlin there. Glad it worked now. > I cannot use vbox since my pc cannot run it, unless there is an xp > version. I prefer connectix virtual pc in xp and have the option to > share files between xp and the virtual machine. For the record: Older VirtualBox versions (<6.0) should still run on Windows XP, but I didn't try for myself. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66264 https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_5_2 By the way: Oldest version I have here is `VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Win_x86.msi` from 2008. It's only 18 Mbyte in size, while v5.2.44 is 105 Mbyte. Cheers, Robert -- BTTR Software https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install
Thanks to jerome I believe the issue was tryin to install over the old copy since i fprmated the drive before the install this time and it worked. I probably should have tried that before sendin out the long message. My gremlin there. I cannot use vbox since my pc cannot run it, unless there is an xp version. I prefer connectix virtual pc in xp and have the option to share files between xp and the virtual machine. Thanls to everyone for their replies and assistance. Great community. On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 11:27 Paul Dufresne wrote: > > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-LiveCD.zip > worked for me (in QEMU). > I have chosen 'Install to hard disk' from the main menu. > > Do you install in english? > > Have you verified the file with > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/verify.txt > ? > You could use https://www.winmd5.com/ ... > > Maybe try with VirtualBox: > https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.14/VirtualBox-7.0.14-161095-Win.exe > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install
https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-LiveCD.zip worked for me (in QEMU). I have chosen 'Install to hard disk' from the main menu. Do you install in english? Have you verified the file with https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/verify.txt ? You could use https://www.winmd5.com/ ... Maybe try with VirtualBox: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.14/VirtualBox-7.0.14-161095-Win.exe ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install
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 > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
