Re: [Freedos-user] Installation with Grub already installed

Hi! If I understand you correctly, Windows XP is NOT on that FAT partition, so every OS already has a separate partition? In that case the answer for MANUAL install would be: Simply skip the FDISK and FORMAT steps, it is enough to use SYS to make the FAT partition bootable. If your XP also

Re: [Freedos-user] installation (Serva)

In case anybody needs this in future, LIVE & LGCY are USB images, so that is apparently just not compatible with Serva. After formatting the disk and SYS'ing it, I can boot and read the USB drive, so can get the files in that way. /Tomas On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:10:19 +0100, Tomas By wrote: >

Re: [Freedos-user] installation/partitions

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:46:29 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > If FreeDOS is the only operating system on your > FAT partitions, GRUB can automatically find and add it to the > boot menu when you run update-grub in Linux, as far as I know. Yes, that works fine in my experience. > In both cases, FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] installation/partitions

Hi! >> the installer has no way to install it as a multi boot choice. We once had logics to add FreeDOS to Windows 98 and similar boot menus to share one partition, but it has been a while since Windows stopped using classic FAT and the logics are too complex to automatically give the desired

Re: [Freedos-user] installation/partitions

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:05:58 +0100, tom ehlert wrote: > [...] however you have to install it manually as the intended multi > boot environment. > > the installer has no way to install it as a multi boot choice. I guess you mean (whatever it's called) in Linux? Yes, I am aware of that, and have

Re: [Freedos-user] installation/partitions

Hallo Herr Tomas By, am Donnerstag, 29. Oktober 2020 um 07:27 schrieben Sie: > Hi all, > Is this correct: > "Because FreeDOS has the same basic FAT limitations of MS-DOS, the > largest you can create is a 2,055-MB partition." no. the FreeDOS kernel supports both 4 GB FAT16 partitions, using

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd

On 20-04-23 08 h 03, Ludovico Giorio wrote: I checked, and the installer can only see my usb, not the hdd inside the laptop. Message is: "SETUP wasn't able to locate any disks to install FreeDOS 1.1 from." What am I doing wrong? I enabled legacy support in Bios. I formatted my hdd in Fat.

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd

Hi! There is no need to use Linux to replace the MBR boot code, you can easily do that with DOS tools. Of course if you prefer Linux tools, they can be used for the same purpose :-) I assume you want to get rid of Windows, so you do not need to convert from GPT to MBR. Deleting the partitions

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd

If GPT is the issue, should a Linux based tool be used to get around that? I'm thinking something like boot nuke or something similar. April 23, 2020 8:16 AM, "Eric Auer" wrote: > Hi! Which tools in which versions did you use? > > For example which FORMAT, FDISK...? Let me start by > saying

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd

Hi! Which tools in which versions did you use? For example which FORMAT, FDISK...? Let me start by saying the choice for MBR was good: GPT partitions are not visible for DOS. Not sure what the purpose of that EFI partition is, but it is easily possible that Windows had a boot loader on the

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem Hdd

What kind of hard drive did you take out? Was it a serial ATA hard drive or an IDE hard drive? Have you considered trying Freedos 1.3 RC2? Make sure you aren't in AHCI mode? April 23, 2020 7:03 AM, "Ludovico Giorio" mailto:ludovico8...@hotmail.it?to=%22Ludovico%20Giorio%22%20)> wrote: Hello

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation question

> On Aug 21, 2019, at 11:54 PM, old dog wrote: > > I am planning on installing FD12LGCY.iso to a hard drive. I have several > hard drives in my desktop. When I hit the button "install to hard drive" > will it allow me to select which drive before proceeding? > Normally, no. (Unless

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

On 7/12/2017 8:59 AM, David wrote: > Hi Ralf > > I've tried 2 ways; > 1) I downloaded the 'CDROM standard installer' and created a cd frok > that. I tried to install on machine that it didn't matter if it over > wrote the existing OS or bootloader but it produced errors in the > install process

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:59 AM, David wrote: > > I've tried 2 ways; > 1) I downloaded the 'CDROM standard installer' and created a cd frok that. I > tried to install on machine that it didn't matter if it over wrote the > existing OS or bootloader but it produced errors

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

Hi Ralf I've tried 2 ways; 1) I downloaded the 'CDROM standard installer' and created a cd frok that. I tried to install on machine that it didn't matter if it over wrote the existing OS or bootloader but it produced errors in the install process and locked up. 2) to use it on main computer

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:45 AM, David wrote: > Hi. > I can't seem to get FreeDOS to install or create a boot disk. I've > downloaded the create a boot disk image from the website but when I try to > burn a cd windows says it is not a valid ISO file. Linus doen't seem to

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Got a chance to find the links I was thinking of [0][1]. [0] http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/mix_entry.php?id=14645 [1] http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/mix_entry.php?id=11947 On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Louis Santillan wrote: > I think someone on Bttr has such an

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Hi Userbeitrag, > The only solution for /modern DOS/ would be to write an emulation for a > well supported sound card for older programs and games. That would be, > say, a SB16 emulation driver for AC97 and HD-Audio on-board sound cards. > So every DOS program/game would see the well

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

I think someone on Bttr has such an emulation sound driver for Intel hda or ac97. On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 4:11 PM wrote: > Hi Tom! > > > > As I understand it you cannot really make any use of initialized sound > > hardware in DOS except for a few -- very few -- programs

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Hi Tom! As I understand it you cannot really make any use of initialized sound hardware in DOS except for a few -- very few -- programs that are aware of this very specific sound hardware. You may have noticed that /back in the old days/ every program/game had to be configured for the

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

from Eric Auer: > > - I have just managed to find a Disney Sound Source on eBay, how > > compatible is FreeDOS with MS-DOS drivers? I hope it would work on > > FreeDOS... > There are no real DOS sound DRIVERS on most systems: > > Just programs to init the sound hardware and driver > libraries

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Hi, On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 12:23 AM, Mingcong Bai wrote: > 在 2016年12月17日 21:21, Rugxulo 写道: >> >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Mingcong Bai wrote: >>> >>> But FreeDOS seemed to have CD installation only... Is it possible to >>> install

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Hi Rugxulo, > Regarding PCMCIA hard disks, I think Deskwork.de (defunct?) had once > made public some partial DOS support (TP "unit") that was > semi-archived by one FreeDOS enthusiast: > > http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/by-others/ Note that the Cosmodata mirror should only

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Hi! FreeDOS with only those components which mimick parts of MS DOS will easily fit on 1, 2 or 3 diskettes of 1.44 MB each, depending on whether you want to have full documentation and translations included. FreeDOS on CD also includes lots of other free software :-) > - I have just managed to

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

在 2016年12月17日 21:21, Rugxulo 写道: > Hi, > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Mingcong Bai wrote: >> I happen to have a ThinkPad 340 kicking around: >> >> - Intel 486SLC2 25/50MHz >> - 12MB RAM >> - 3.5 inch 1.44MB Floppy Drive >> >> But FreeDOS seemed to have CD

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Hi, On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Mingcong Bai wrote: > > Oh also... If I have a Panasonic PCMCIA CD-ROM Drive, would I be able to > use it with FreeDOS (then I suppose that I could burn the ISO image and > boot it from the boot floppy...? If the driver works...). I'm

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Hi, On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Mingcong Bai wrote: > > I happen to have a ThinkPad 340 kicking around: > > - Intel 486SLC2 25/50MHz > - 12MB RAM > - 3.5 inch 1.44MB Floppy Drive > > But FreeDOS seemed to have CD installation only... Is it possible to > install

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation on a ThinkPad 340?

Oh also... If I have a Panasonic PCMCIA CD-ROM Drive, would I be able to use it with FreeDOS (then I suppose that I could burn the ISO image and boot it from the boot floppy...? If the driver works...). 在 2016年12月17日 14:55, Mingcong Bai 写道: > Hi all, > > > I happen to have a ThinkPad 340

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation as standalone system

There is no need for sound, I don't think I even need a network connection. I'm looking to get a system that is at least 3-4 years old, maybe even older. The only reason to get a newer one is to get some extra speed. This clown speaks for himself > On Feb 3, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Corbin

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation as standalone system

I would think FreeDOS would work fine on any PC with legacy boot enabled, but extra stuff like USB, sound, and/or networking might need extra drivers that might not be available. Corbin On Feb 3, 2016 12:57 PM, "Wayne Dernoncourt" wrote: > I'm planning to install Free-DOS on a

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

Hi, On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 4:34 AM, f4tm...@web.de wrote: I simply took another PC, now it works. Got freedos on the hd. Only thing that would be neat is USB mouse support. Read about USBMOUSE and added dos=high device=himem.exe device=usbaspi.sys device=di1000dd.sys to FDCONFIG.SYS -

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

Hi Mike, I simply took another PC, now it works. Got freedos on the hd. Only thing that would be neat is USB mouse support. Read about USBMOUSE and added dos=high device=himem.exe device=usbaspi.sys device=di1000dd.sys to FDCONFIG.SYS - unfortunatelly without success. Is a special

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

Hi! MD5 is okay and I burnt it with the slowest speed setting (1x). Still the same. From the complete base package not a single one could be installed (There were 68 errors and 0 non-fatal warnings.). If I have to guess: Maybe the installer is on the virtual floppy drive and the CD-ROM

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

If you want to experiment, you may have to customize a floppy specific to your PC; then re-burn a CD with your floppy image. I had to do this with an HP Elite 8000. I eliminated the eltorito.sys driver and loaded UIDE and it worked fine after that. (also had to do a similar workaround with a

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

I simply took another PC, now it works. Got freedos on the hd. Only thing that would be neat is USB mouse support. Read about USBMOUSE and added dos=high device=himem.exe device=usbaspi.sys device=di1000dd.sys to FDCONFIG.SYS - unfortunatelly without success. Is a special driver for that 25pin

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

Hi, On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:59 AM, f4tm...@web.de wrote: I'm getting errors during CD installation of Freedos 1.1 (base + util). You mean an actual CD-R (or similar) burned with fd11src.iso (40 MB)? So no virtual machine? Did you verify the md5sum to make sure you downloaded it correctly?

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

Hi, On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 10:22 AM, f4tmike f4tm...@web.de wrote: Yes, the fdllrs.iso is burnt on a CD-R. Didn't verify the checksum and didn't burn on slowest speed. Can you check the md5sum of your existing .iso file? Or did you delete it? On a different machine? Also, if possible, burn

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

Yes, the fdllrs.iso is burnt on a CD-R. Didn't verify the checksum and didn't burn on slowest speed. How does a manual installation work? Use a linux live CD and copy a few files on the hard disk? Yes, it's real hardware. It's an old Fujitsu Siemens Desktop with 500MB RAM. Don't got the specs

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Error

MD5 is okay and I burnt it with the slowest speed setting (1x). Still the same. From the complete base package not a single one could be installed (There were 68 errors and 0 non-fatal warnings.). Despite of the failed installation the harddisk seems to be bootable because it complains: Loading

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Instruction Error

Hi, There may indeed be bugs in GParted, we don't know. Long story short: to install DOS, you need to do this: fdisk, (reboot), format, sys. Make sure you at least minimally have KERNEL.SYS (akin to MSDOS.SYS, IO.SYS or IBMBIO.COM IBMDOS.COM) and COMMAND.COM, preferably something more useful

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Instruction Error

Hi Rugxulo, NWeissma, There may indeed be bugs in GParted, we don't know. Long story short: to install DOS, you need to do this: fdisk, (reboot), format, sys. Make sure you at least minimally have KERNEL.SYS (akin to MSDOS.SYS, IO.SYS or IBMBIO.COM IBMDOS.COM) and COMMAND.COM,

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Instruction Error

Hi, On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote:    There may indeed be bugs in GParted, we don't know. Long story short: to install DOS, you need to do this:  fdisk, (reboot), format, sys. Make sure you at least minimally have KERNEL.SYS (akin to MSDOS.SYS, IO.SYS

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problems

Hi Braden, I've formatted my hard disk, installed the boot manager using the option in xfdisk and installed freedos. Yet, LILO continues to remain the boot manager on my hard disk and only shows LINUX as an available kernel. Sure - DOS does not modify files on your Linux partition such as

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation difficulties...

John Ames schrieb: Okay. I would really like to use FreeDOS, preferrably the full-install CD, and definitely with USB disk support. Problem is, the NIC in the computer I want to install it on (a 3Com 3C595-TX) does not appear to be recognized by either the default packet driver or the

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation difficulties...

Eric Auer schrieb: Hi, Okay. I would really like to use FreeDOS, preferrably the full-install CD, and definitely with USB disk support. Problem is, the NIC in the computer I On modern PC, your BIOS already does USB disk support for you and DOS. You mean USB legacy support (for storage)?

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problems

Hi Usul, Hello I am having problems installing the current version. I get everything completed and it seems to be ok, fdisked and set 2g to the os as primary partition, active You can easily use more with FAT32 and LBA... and after booting from the CD Rom I can go to the c: and see all

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation difficulties...

Hi, Okay. I would really like to use FreeDOS, preferrably the full-install CD, and definitely with USB disk support. Problem is, the NIC in the computer I On modern PC, your BIOS already does USB disk support for you and DOS. For the others, you can try the USB drivers made by Georg Potthast:

Re: [Freedos-user] installation of freedos

Hi, I have a hard disk partioned c:,d:,.. Want to run a multiboot system with freedos on c:, XP on d:, and then LINUX desktop, as well as the external drives. My system is P4 XP PRO 2GB ram,148 GB disk,160GB usb disk. I have the ISO files of the freedos site on hard disk. Would like

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation hangs at Configuring DHCP

On Thursday 20 December 2007 23:03:14 Eric Auer wrote: Hi Aniruddha, I try to install FreeDOS on an old Compaq but unfortunately the installation hangs at Configuring DHCP. Is this a known bug? How can this be fixed? The only way I could leave was shutting down the pc (ctrl+C didn't

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation hangs at Configuring DHCP

On Thursday 20 December 2007 19:05:09 Aniruddha wrote: I try to install FreeDOS on an old Compaq but unfortunately the installation hangs at Configuring DHCP. Is this a known bug? How can this be fixed? Regards, Aniruddha

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation hangs at Configuring DHCP

Hi Aniruddha, I try to install FreeDOS on an old Compaq but unfortunately the installation hangs at Configuring DHCP. Is this a known bug? How can this be fixed? The only way I could leave was shutting down the pc (ctrl+C didn't work) This is a known problem. If you do a FULL (not only

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 12:02 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it still possible to install it without a cdrom, and if so where do I download this version. Also is there anyway to get it to recognize a wireless card on a laptop? move the drive to a system with cdrom for the install. then put

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

Hi Aitor, actually the floppy distro is not THAT old. It is actually based on FreeDOS 1.0 :-). However, it has been waiting for some clean up work for a while - you have to download THREE files to get the best versions of all parts, while it would be much better to have ONE combined download.

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation

There used to be a floppy distribution, but I guess it hasn't been updated for a while, so would be useless. As for wireless stuff, seems to me a bit too sofisticated for DOS, but I don't know. Aitor 2007/1/24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is it still possible to install it without a

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem - PANIC: MCB chain corrupted System halted

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:48:54 +0400, you wrote: Hi, Not enough information: which config.sys and autoexec.bat content on those disk? After which statement in config.sys you get this message (what you see on screen before this message)? Which kernel and FreeCOM version you use (do you get

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem - PANIC: MCB chain corrupted System halted

Hi Arkady, Sorry, she downloaded the SR9 beta2 ISO and got MCB Chain corrupt, I told her to try Odin 0.6, well it solve the problem. The Kernel should be 2035a-unstable. Rgds, Johnson. ___ Freedos-user mailing list

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem - PANIC: MCB chain corrupted System halted

Hi! 5-Июн-2006 11:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (cherry chien) wrote to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: cc After reboot from 2G-harddisk cc Invalid Opcode at 2A18 0EB4 0613 03F2 . cc dos mem corrupt, first_mcb= cc prev :|1C 12 CF 00 DF 11 CF 00 C3 E2 00 F0 DF 11 Cf 00 cc

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

Yes on some mainbords PC s with PENTIUM II, there is a problem to install FDOS BETA 9SR2 from CD. If it s possibel use a Bootdisk with old FreeDOS Version and pre-install FreeDOS manually. Please tell me if you are using a Pentium II or which Mainboard it is. I ve this problem with a pentium II

Re: [Freedos-user] INSTALLATION fdbeta9sr1

http://ankreuzen.de/freedos/files/fd9sr1/fdbootcd.zip or at ibiblio in the freedos software distributions -- Arachne mail - FreeDOS - deutsch - http://ankreuzen.de -- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

I am not using a PII. I am using an Abit KD7E with an AMD Athlon xp 1800 and sr2 won't install. sr1 and several previous releases work. Jeff On Tuesday 21 March 2006 22:55, FreeDOS Ankreuzen wrote: Yes on some mainbords PC s with PENTIUM II, there is a problem to install FDOS BETA 9SR2 from

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

At 10:55 PM 3/21/2006 +, FreeDOS Ankreuzen wrote: Yes on some mainbords PC s with PENTIUM II, there is a problem to install FDOS BETA 9SR2 from CD. If it s possibel use a Bootdisk with old FreeDOS Version and pre-install FreeDOS manually. Please tell me if you are using a Pentium II or

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

At 02:07 PM 3/25/2006 -0600, I wrote: As an alternate choice, you might try locating the actual problem, which likely is not within EMM386 itself, rather than telling people to use obsolete versions of software which won't fix the underlying problem and which fail to provide a full range of

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

ftp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/old/beta9sr1/ On Thursday 23 March 2006 05:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally figured out what you mean by sr#1 I looked all over the Free DOS website for a download of Service Release # 1 Can't find a download for

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally figured out what you mean by sr#1 I looked all over the Free DOS website for a download of Service Release # 1 Can't find a download for this Release Do you see a download posted anywhere for Service Release # 1 ??? Thank you in advance for looking

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

Same thing exactly going on here. Many others experiencing the same results. Something is wrong with sr #2. Try this, I haven't yet: Hi, it could be the case that the nlsfunc interaction is what crashes for you (nlsfunc/display/mode/devel-kernel). Try if it helps to skip loading nlsfunc (hit f8

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

I saw your suggestion posted before and I have already tried doing that No luck What is sr#1 ??

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

I finally figured out what you mean by sr#1 I looked all over the Free DOS website for a download of Service Release # 1 Can't find a download for this Release Do you seea download posted anywhere for Service Release # 1??? Thank you in advance for looking

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problem...

This may be true on your pc, however, I have successfully installed the last several versions on my pc (since pre release 4 I think) and not a single thing has gone wrong until this one. I haven't changed a thing so something definitely went wrong with sr2. I can still put in the previous

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problem...

Here is a suggestion that you could try to fix the installation problem. I haven't had a chance to try it myself: Hi, it could be the case that the nlsfunc interaction is what crashes for you (nlsfunc/display/mode/devel-kernel). Try if it helps to skip loading nlsfunc (hit f8 at boot, then you

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problem...

I ve got the same errors with freedos beta 9SR2 invalid opcodes messages and the installation stopped First I have build a new freedos bootdisk, from my collected files. I have bought a 400 Mhz PC. Installation of FreeDOS with Emm386 2.08 , Kernel 2035b-csv works without any problems. It s

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problem...

- Original Message - From: JeffM. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problem... I had the same exact problem. There is clearly something wrong with service release 2. I had to go back

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problem...

I had the same exact problem. There is clearly something wrong with service release 2. I had to go back and install sr1. I have installed the last several releases of FD and they all went in flawlessly on this hardware. There have been some suggestions made, but I haven't tried them yet. Look

RE: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

that's where things are going wrong. Hmmm. Thanks again. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blair Campbell Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:41 AM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

Matthew Fisher schreef: Still stymied, but I don't actually think it's a hardware question. After the install completes, on reboot it's not actually finding anything to start up: everything is still in the C:\temp directory, and the post-install scripts aren't running. if I recall correctly,

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problem

Jens Ungerer schreef: 0Stage 3: Create Startup automation file ... Invalid Opcode at 9D79 F000 0006 0300 0086 4F43 464E 4749 dos mem corrupt, first_mcb=0271 prev 0271:|4D 0800 E7 01 00 00 00 53 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 M...rSD.. notMZ 0459:|06 00 03 86 00 00 00