From: Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net>
> On Mar 24, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The 486 that I plan to use FreeDOS on currentlyrCA has MS-DOS 6.22 as its only OS. My plan is to completely replace it but keep all my installed programs. The SCSI drivers are all in C:\SCSI and I notice FreeDOS has its own equivalent of MSCDEX.EXE. > Ok, this is my advice. First backup: Create a MS-DOS boot floppy as a backup. That way if things go sideways you have a working boot disk with your needed drivers. Next Test: Without messing around with the FreeDOS install floppy, just boot it. It should work fine up to the "Gathering information" message. Then it would give you an error stating it cannot find the packages. You can then quit to The command prompt and look around. If you see drive C:, then let's try the "not booted upgrade" (NBU) install method or two drive (DOSBox) method. Install: The two drive method has you copy the contents of the CD to a separate drive. Then boot/run the FreeDOS setup program. The NBU method may be easiest for you. Basically, you just boot the system like normal. Then insert the floppy and CD. Go to drive A: and run "Setup". Make sure you let it backup your current OS! You may want to clean as much as possible out of your existing config.sys and autoexec.bat before using the upgrade method. That way there are fewer chances of a conflict occurring. Note: The NBU method is not an "official" way of installing an OS. It may fail horribly. That being said, I did what I could to get it to function properly. And, it worked fine in the limited testing I did with NBU installs. Jerome > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. > Original Message > From: Eric Auer > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 4:33 PM > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk > > > Hi Dennis, > >> I downloaded and installed WinImage 9.0 on my win98 computer. It has a >> floppy drive. I successfully wrote the img file to a floppy. >> Another issue occurred to me. My cd-rom drive is a SCSI external type. > > That might be a problem, depending on your SCSI controller > and whether it has good BIOS support etc etc. I assume you > refer to the CD-ROM of the PC where you want to install DOS? > > By the way, does that PC also have another operating system? > Do you want to replace that by DOS? Or install both side by > side as "dual boot"? The latter requires special steps, the > former can mean that current disk contents get overwritten. > >> The new boot floppy has an fdconfig.sys and an autoexecrCA.bat file. I'm thinking >> I need to add lines to both to recognize the SCSI drive when it boots. > > If you have good DOS drivers for the drive and know how to > configure them, then you can do that. If you plan to install > DOS on a computer where you already have or can install some > operating system with easy internet, then I would recommend > another method: Copy the ISO file of FreeDOS to a FAT drive > on the PC where you want to install DOS and then "mount" it > as if it would be the CD of FreeDOS :-) If the boot floppy > has no automatic support for that, then I am sure that some > extra explanation of this trick could be given by Rugxulo or > Jerome, with examples of what to put where in fdconfig and > autoexec on the boot floppy :-) > > The idea is that you need no hardware specific drivers at all > to open the ISO if you already have it on the future DOS PC, > so you avoid all worries about SCSI and CDROM drivers then. > > You still do need that special ISO driver, of course, but as > that is not specific to certain hardware, it is easy to use. > > Cheers, Eric > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- Internet Rex 2.29 * Origin: capcity2.synchro.net - 502/875-8938 (276:10/901) --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux ListGate 1.3 * Capitol City Online - Frankfort, KY - telnet://capitolcityonline.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
