> On Jun 30, 2019, at 1:48 AM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi, I have tried to burn FD13-LiveCD2 on a DVD.
>
> The live mode works fine.
>
> When doing FDIMPLES (I understand FD is FreeDos but the rest?),
The full title is on the top line... along with the version number. :-)
The title is derived from its original purpose. To modify the packages that are
installed by the installer when using advanced mode. However, it later seemed
like a great idea to make it function like a package manager and install/remove
packages.
> it only shows installed files (I hesit to call that packages, it seems to be
> only CORE files, like TREE, Debug, mouse, etc.)
>
> Was somehow expecting to see editors, compilers, source code, etc.
> I am unsure what to expect from a 500 Mb iso file... is it supposed to
> contains editors, compilers, etc?
>
> When doing setup to install, seems to go fine until it tried to copy the
> files...
> error was "no package files found" or something very similar.
>
All I the issues you described, Point to the same single cause. The CD driver
is not working with your drive in it’s default configuration. FDIMPLES would
only see the preinstalled packages on the Live portion of the LiveCD. The
installer would stop not finding the packages.
All of the additional packages are located outside the Live portion of the CD
in a normal CD filesystem.
> I saw someone describing same missing installation files in -devel mailing
> list.
> But I guess it was taken to be because of QEMU, or virtual thing.
> I am running on real Quad Core computer on a real hard disk (although a SATA
> one... now that I think of it, hope it is FreeDOS supported).
>
> Also, I did not even cared to find a packet driver.
> Read a bit the MTCP Readme file that was suggesting I find one... there not
> seems to be a directory of packet driver to ... try?
The networking stuff on the Live CD only starts automatically when the CD is
booted inside VMware or VirtualBox. Otherwise, you need to manually start it.
>
> So if the idea is the installer is supposed to download packages files from
> Internet... even for "CORE" files like command.com...
> would be a very bad idea in my opinion.
It does not do that.
>
> So where are the package installation files?
>
>
They are on a different portion of the CD. The Live portion on LiveCD2 is
basically a preinstalled hard disk image that is loaded into RAM and then
emulates a hard drive. It is a very basic installation. The CD data filesystem
contains all the packages for installing FreeDOS or the hundreds of extras.
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