On 06/13/11 17:59, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Op 13-6-2011 17:28, Bart-Jan Vrielink schreef: > >> Isn't the whole point of installing an OS that you end up with a partition? >> What I did was create a new VM in Virtmanager, type MSDOS, with a small >> hard disk and booting from the freedos CD image. What I would expect is >> an installer guiding me through whatever 'nexts' to go before reaching >> 'finish'. Instead I got the message above, right after the GPL message. >> >> I've also tried feeding it a MSDOS partition (which isn't easy, I doubt >> many are aware about kpartx), I do get a warning message: >> - InitDiskWARNING: using suspect partition Pri:1 FS 06: with >> calculated values 509-15-63 instead of 31-254-63 >> C: HD1, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-1-1, start= 0 MB, size= 250 MB >> > Strange that the kernel freezes, instead of loading further to process > CONFIG.SYS. > Is KVM's virtual machine emulation complete enough to put any DOS on it? > As in most FreeDOS related issues I'd recommend testing on MSDOS first. > Is your above mentioned message obtained from when booting from that > harddisk (thus containing KERNEL.SYS) or booting an installation > diskette or cdrom? >
It is from booting from cdrom. I'm afraid I do not have access to MSDOS (that is: I do not have access to a floppy drive...), so I can't test if KVM on my system will have more success with it. Judging from Google, Freedos + KVM should work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
