Thanks, Mark. I got FreeDos booting properly now after taking the following three steps (I
can't tell which of them was critical to resolve the problem):
1) Installing the latest 8632 kernel from here: http://fdos.org/kernel/kwc8632.dev.zip
2) Installing FreeCom's command.com:
http://fdos.org/kernel/cmdxms.HEAD.zip
which was mentioned by Eric on another thread:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10247017&forum_id=36903
3) Correcting the command line error (due to some inconsistencies in Help files):
old way: C:\> sys c: c: ENT
new way: C\> sys c: c: /bootonly ENT
Indeed, I don't have a floppy in my new machine, not even the serial port. That's why I
turned to FreeDOS to run my Iomega JazDrive an transfer some files from an older
computer. FreeDOS passed the JazDrive test with flying colours. It linked to Iomega's
Guest.exe at the first attempt.
---------------------------------------------
From: Mark Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Can't Boot To Hard Drive
2006-05-04 12:59
Good day, Lester:
Have you tried the "development" kernel.sys file from
http://fdos.org/kernel/? Especially if your computer
does
not have a floppy disk drive, this may fix a "Bad
or missing command interpreter" error that occurs
during
the boot process. I am assuming you did a "sys c: c:"
and then rebooted to get this error.
Let us know if the development kernel helps.
Mark
----------------------------
Lester Vedrox wrote:
> I have installed the full version from "fdbootcd.iso"
but FreeDOS will
> only boot to CD and not to hard drive. Both system
files are in place:
>
> c:\kernel.sys
> c:\command.com
>
> An attempt to setup the boot sector (c:\> sys c: c:)
results in the
> following error:
>
> "Bad or missing command interpreter. Enter the full
shell command line:
> command.com /p /e:256"
>
> Lester
-------------------------------------------------------
Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?
Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier
Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642
_______________________________________________
Freedos-user mailing list
Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
