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 under paralles on x86 mac
For a while, I had an Intel-based Mac at my work, and booted FreeDOS regularly under Parallels. In fact, I tested/debugged the install process for FreeDOS 1.0 under Parallels. I didn't have any issues. -jh On 3/27/07, Bonnie Dalzell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anyone gotten freedos successfully installed on an 886 mac using parallels? - 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
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Jim Hall wrote: JH For a while, I had an Intel-based Mac at my work, and booted FreeDOS JH regularly under Parallels. In fact, I tested/debugged the install JH process for FreeDOS 1.0 under Parallels. I didn't have any issues. JH JH -jh JH I just got access to a Mac osx x86 macbook pro for a while and i wanted to experiment with parallels. since we had problems with the freedos 1.0 cd making a working Freedos diectly with parallels, i installed ubuntu linux under parallels pretty easily usung the ubuntu alternate cd. i then used synaptic to get freedos for ubuntu. first time around xdosemu came up with a keyboard error - thanks to the instructions you all passed on to me last week i was able to open the dosemu config file and correct that. hopever i still get a number of other errors: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xdosemu ERROR: cpu exception in dosemu code outside of VM86()! trapno: 0x0e errorcode: 0x0004 cr2: 0x468a5b2d eip: 0x468a5b2d esp: 0xbfb5ffb5 eflags: 0x00210282 cs: 0x0073 ds: 0x007b es: 0x007b ss: 0x007b Page fault: read instruction to linear address: 0x468a5b2d CPU was in user mode Exception was caused by non-available page ERROR: Fault handler re-entered! signal=11 _trapno=0xE ERROR: cpu exception in dosemu code outside of VM86()! trapno: 0x0e errorcode: 0x0004 cr2: 0x468a5b23 eip: 0x0807d350 esp: 0x0840a2c0 eflags: 0x00210202 cs: 0x0073 ds: 0x007b es: 0x007b ss: 0x007b Page fault: read instruction to linear address: 0x468a5b23 CPU was in user mode Exception was caused by non-available page [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ are these primarily dos emu setup errors and i need to go to a dosemu list? i am going to try parallels again with the freedos cd but the problem i had with the setup was that it seemed unable to save the setup configuration so it could not boot from the parallels install. i will try again and take better notes ~~~ Bonnie Dalzell, MA mail:5100 Hydes Rd Hydes MD USA 21082-EMAIL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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
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. ~~~ Bonnie Dalzell, MA mail:5100 Hydes Rd Hydes MD USA 21082-EMAIL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog breeder, computer nerd iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com. Editor Net.Pet Online Animal Magazine - http://www.netpetmagazine.com HOME http://www.qis.net/~borzoi/ BUSINESS http://www.batw.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
