Op 30-7-2011 11:48, JPT schreef: > You have to subscribe to this list, to be able to post? > Ok, I did so and sent my email again...
Most mailinglists require so, or an administrator to approve messages before they show up. Some lists indeed accept mail from unsubscribed people. > I got about 30 crashes. > I was able to solve some of them, but... > If the install is that instable, what about the system? > Is it wise to uses freedos 1.0 for production environment? Strange that it's that unstable for you. > May I use FAT32 for primary partition? else the drive will already be > heavily loaded after installation... Ofcourse, use FAT32 as you please. Almost all programs succesfully work with it. > Crashes for example > - on installation bootup freecom loading crashes, if drive C is not > formatted. which prevents formatting... That's strange. > - the floppy created from the installation menu does not boot at all (3 > dots is all i get) I'll look into that. 3 dots usually means bootsector loads but can't find kernel (kernel.sys) > - installation in oracle virtualbox seems not to be able to load the > network driver correctly. which hardware should I select in the VB config? AMD PCNET or NE2000 likely, maybe the Intel card. I haven't got much experience with VirtualBox, sorry. > - installation crashes with some memory error while installing some > packages... Maybe a result of earlier non-loading memory managers? > Yes, I did successfully run memtest and harddrive tests. > > > Do you have any idea how to successfully install Freedos? > Should I try the 1.1 installer? But the 1.1 iso image does not contain > all packages? You can install using the FreeDOS 1.1 test3 ISO image, feedback is welcome. Installation afterwards of programs from FD1.0 should also be possible. If you've got 1 CD-drive, copy D:\FREEDOS\SETUP\ODIN\INSTALL.EXE to C: drive. Next insert FD1.0 disc and do a CDD D:\FREEDOS followed by C:\INSTALL > Is there something like a package manager, you may invoke after > successfull installation? In this case, I might try a minimal > installation, and install the other packages in several iterations... We've got a package manager (FDPKG/FDUPD) but I'm not sure it works. To my knowledge it depends on WATT32 WGET or CURL, instead of MTCP's HTGET.EXE or FTP.EXE > thank you very much :) You're welcome, I hope you've got more luck with the FreeDOS 1.1 test ISO. Generally the idea is to have a formatted C: drive before performing installation :) If you want to prepare the harddisk in a fast way, get the new 1.44MB floppy image, as it contains the needed FDISK/FORMAT/SYS tools to get a very basic FreeDOS working (after which the CD install should also work). Bernd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
