David C. Kerber wrote: > See below... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Paulo Jorge Matos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 10:05 AM >> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [Freedos-user] Using freedos to install win >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have a licensed windows from uni which I need to install on >> my cdrom-less laptop. So, I created a usb stick with freedos, >> booted it up and I start as c:, where the main drive is d:. >> Then I copy windows install dir from the usb stick (which is >> inside a dir along with the freedos stuff), to d:. Problem >> now, is that freedos [usb] is c: and main drive is d: and >> windows will always try to install itself to c:, to the usb > > You can tell windows where to install itself; it doesn't have to be c:, > however... > >
How? If I use setup from the windows iso, it says I cannot run it. If I run i386/winnt, it starts, but then it starts by copying important files to c:, which is the usb stick! >> stick in this case which is bad, so 2 possibilities I can think of: >> 1) configure freedos to boot in the usb stick as something >> else as c:, so that c: is free for the main drive; Is it >> possible? If yes, how? > > You might be able to use the "subst" command to do this, but I'm not sure. > Isn't that just to create a drive letter for a path? > >> 3) make d: [main drive] bootable and boot directly to the >> main drive and from there install windows. How can I do this? > > IMO, this would be your best bet: install freedos to drive d:, then remove > the usb key and reboot; it should pick up the hd as c:, boot freedos from it, > and then you can go on to install windows. > That was what I just tried. It was an interesting experience. freedos installed the files to d: correctly and installed the bootloader onto the usb drive in c:. So, now, I have freedos files in d:, but it doesn't boot. And the freedos cd boot loader was replace by the freedos boot loader so everything is totally crazy. Can I maybe edit some files or run some commands in order to make sure freedos installs the boot loader in the correct drive? > > D > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > -- Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at soton.ac.uk http://www.personal.soton.ac.uk/pocm PhD Student @ ECS University of Southampton, UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
