How do I drop to a shell from the boot menu? Or should I do something like
Ctrl+C in the install menu?
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From: Jim Hall
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 5:25 PM
To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 5:15 PM, <caswellrie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello! Basically, my issue is summarized in the title.
>
> I have installed a FreeDOS 1.1 install as a VirtualBox guest, but when I
> boot I get the error “Bad or missing command interpreter” and then a prompt
> to enter the path to COMMAND.COM. However, when this prompt is issued, the
> system stops accepting keyboard input. The keyboard works before this
> prompt. Possibly related, but I had to try to install from the CD image
> twice, because the first time the installer froze after I selected my
> language/keyboard layout.
>
I wonder if your system installed a CONFIG.SYS file? This is what sets
the path to the COMMAND.COM shell. Can you boot from the install
media, drop to a shell, and check if there's a C:\CONFIG.SYS file?
Otherwise, the standard install location for the FreeDOS COMMAND.COM
is C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM (if I recall correctly .. I don't have my
FreeDOS system running right now)
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