Hi, On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Neal Weissman <nweis...@gmail.com> wrote: > i will attempt another install and do as you say: > >> Which error message do you see when it hangs? What is the last line of >> text in the boot sequence before things stop? >> >> As a debugging step, try booting FreeDOS without drivers (using the >> boot menu.) FreeDOS should at least bring up a "C:\>" prompt. If that >> works, try commenting out the "UIDE" line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. >> Reboot - if FreeDOS boots normally this time, then the problem is with >> the first chipset setting in VirtualBox. Or, just try running without >> UIDE, and see if networking comes up. > > > and report back to you. > > but i don't understand your instruction "try running without UIDE" -- how do > i do that (it seems to be a procedure different from leaving the REM in > front of UIDE)?
F8 will step-by-step through the CONFIG.SYS (and AUTOEXEC.BAT), letting you manually load (or not) various drivers, including UIDE. BTW, what host OS and which version of VirtualBox are you using? And I assume you're using fd11src.iso? > i breathe a sigh of relief: i met someone who's not of the Rabble > mediocrity. > > btw, how do i 'reply' to a forum post (yours, for example; thus, if i wanted > the contents of this instant email to immediately follow your post, then how > is that done)? Looks like you did so just fine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
