On 3/4/2021 3:02 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote:
On Mar 4, 2021, at 3:47 PM, Ralf Quint <freedos...@gmail.com
<mailto:freedos...@gmail.com>> wrote:
[..]
I don't see how this would prevent the transfer of boot record,
kernel, command.com <http://command.com/> and a basic
config.sys&autoexec,bat (and a basic FREEDOS\BIN folder). If someone
at this point chose to format the C: drive, I doubt that there is any
reason NOT to make this drive bootable (and at least baseline
workable, in case of an unexpected abortion of the install process).
That doesn't mean that the installer has to reboot at that point, so
the boot order of the system for example should not be an issue…
If the installer transfer the SYS files immediately after formatting
the drive, the system will be bootable. But, it could be without any
drivers and software whatsoever. The user may not know how or for
other reasons may not be able to change the boot order. They may even
have a locked BIOS with an password. A Graphic logo that hides the
optional keys to enter the BIOS. Or, with many virtual machines
manually edition a config file somewhere may be required to entire the
BIOS.
For example,
User starts install on clean VM.
User partitions drive and reboots.
User formats drive.
User selects return to DOS when asked to install.
User reboots VM to try again.
VM boots to “enter date time prompts”
User ends up needing to destroy VM and start over.
If that was on real hardware with a locked BIOS, the user may needing
to remove the HD.
Sorry, but you lost me here.
when you say "at least baseline workable” … There is only so much room
on the Floppy image and it is mostly limited to what is already
present there. So, without CD support the hard drive would at best
contain only what is on the Floppy image already. There really is not
point risking being locked into HD only booting. It would provide
nothing that the Floppy image doesn’t already do.
Yes, you would have only what is contained in the floppy image, but that
would be fine. When I mean "baseline" I do not refer to "BASE" as you
are defining in the installer.
On the hand, the Floppy only edition is designed to work without CD
support. It will install FreeDOS BASE. It is a great starting point
for systems that have an unsupported or non-existent CD drive.
Well, that is unfortunately not the case in my situation. You are left
with a non-bootable system, and with the CD install, you end up in a loop...
Ralf
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