I have been installing FreeDOS a lot, the only thing that works ALLWAYS including USB CDs, is what I describel in a message 15june2011...
Then I can have a huge A: (I made it with bytes) with all that I need. There is no way to make something that recognizes the CD everywhere. Alain Em 20-07-2011 14:46, Bernd Blaauw escreveu: > Op 20-7-2011 4:17, Virii schreef: >>> What exactly goes wrong when you do what? >>> At which step? Which error messages do you >>> get, or do things hang? Crash? What sorts >>> of everything did you try, what happened? >> >> It hangs at the language selection screen. The very bottom selection of the >> main menu looks for a non-existent FDBOOTCD.ISO. The readme states that it >> should load the ISO into a ramdisk. Etc... > > Language selection: think I fixed that last night. > Bottom selection: decided to keep things easy this time, without ISO > inside CD/ISO. Easily enough added again, the UPDATE batchfile which is > on the A: part (\ISOLINUX\FDBOOT.IMG) creates the inner ISO (which is > uploaded as TEST2) followed by the outer ISO (which I uploaded as TEST1 > earlier) on ramdisk (64MB required at least). After modifications > followed by creation of both ISOs, you can decided for yourself which > ISO to copy to harddisk. > >> >> But, nevermind. [Smacks self in forehead...] > > hehe. They're test releases for a reason, I'm not able to fix and > improve everything right away and in perfectly usable shape. > >> I simply extracted the contents of the ISO to the C:\ partition, and >> successfully ran the setup from there. >> >> It complained about a few missing packages like doslfn, wattcp, wget, ..., >> but it installed. Can I just copy over the 'doslfn' from an older version's >> disc, or is that feature compiled into kernel now? > > Copy all you want, directory structure was modified a bit without > telling the installer. As a consequence, the package is present but not > installed. > >> They works when I DEVLOAD them post boot-up, but the USB flash drive steals >> the DVD-RW drive's letter (E:\ in my case). USBUHCI, and USBDRIVE don't work >> at all for me. It not only wont load my USB drives, it doesn't even find >> them. Strangely enough if I load them before USBASPI/NJ32DISK, my flash >> drive is assigned M:\ instead. > > Strange indeed. CD-ROM driveletter can be altered if you want: > option 1: SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,X > option 2: SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001 /L:X > > Your drivers taking over early driveletters is something I can't help, > no experience with the USB drivers you mention. > A commercial/trialware USB stack is at http://www.georgpotthast.de/usb/ > , might work, or not. Worked for me yet lacks functionality and disables > USB legacy stuff so I ended up with a non-functioning keyboard till reboot. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 10 Tips for Better Web Security > Learn 10 ways to better secure your business today. Topics covered include: > Web security, SSL, hacker attacks& Denial of Service (DoS), private keys, > security Microsoft Exchange, secure Instant Messaging, and much more. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426210/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Tips for Better Web Security Learn 10 ways to better secure your business today. Topics covered include: Web security, SSL, hacker attacks & Denial of Service (DoS), private keys, security Microsoft Exchange, secure Instant Messaging, and much more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426210/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
