Yup, that will work.
While the full set of V8PT is installed, most are not used by the OS at that point.
Post install, I think only VECHO (provides nice colored text), VINFO, VFDUTIL and VSTR are used a present.
So, no worries about accidentally running VASK, VCHOICE or VPAUSE once installed. On Jul 2, 2025, at 10:53 PM, Lutalli via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
but is there a way to modify the source code and recompile it to an IMG file?
I figured this can be done by WinImage (for example). After opening X86BOOT.IMG using WinImage, I can delete SETUP.BAT, inject an edited version of
SETUP.BAT, then save the IMG file.
Using this method, I tried commenting line 550 of SETUP.BAT, which is
if "%AUTOMATIC%" == "no" vask /c /g /fGray /T %LANGFILE% PROMPT_YESNO
in order to bypass the first [Y,N] prompt. It actually worked! In theory, as long as I know what I'm doing, I can manage to skip all those prompts just like that.
Drawbacks: It would take a while to figure out if I want to answer with Y or N for every prompt, as well as to locate them. And even if it works for the installation process, VASK might still pop up while using the OS, which means the same issue might potentially occur again (I guess VASK is not only used in the installer).
So it would still be ideal if something from PocketDOS's side or my HPC's side can be done, or a patch / replacement for VASK is to be made (just for the PocketDOS scenario). I will look into the latter workaround first (not right now as I have to go to sleep unfortunately). It would be also thankful if anyone can provide relevant suggestions! Thanks for all the replies!
Well I'm not sure if I should contact PocketDOS's developer to ask him to check if it's a bug in the BIOS implementation (maybe I will). And I don't know how to debug this myself...
As a debugging step, it would be interesting to boot the PocketDOS VM
with the FreeDOS Floppy Distro boot floppy and use F8 to turn
singlestepping ON. Accept the "SHELL=COMMAND.COM" line, but do not
accept the "\FDAUTO.BAT" line. You should get put into a DOS prompt.
That at least demonstrates that FreeDOS will boot on PocketDOS.
This is indeed interesting. After entering the DOS prompt I feel like I get more control over the whole thing.
I'm not gonna try manually running the installation process yet, but is there a way to modify the source code and recompile it to an IMG file? I'm thinking, if that's possible, I could probably skip that prompt (and maybe other similar ones too) by simply editing the code.
Hi there,
I'm trying to install FreeDOS 1.4 (Floppy Edition) on an HP Jornada 720 using PocketDOS. The installer runs but I get stuck at "Do you want to proceed [Y,N]?". There the cursor is still blinking but I can't type anything. Same problem occurs with FreeDOS 1.3.
Also check this thread from the HPC:Factor forum. Does anyone probably know what is causing this and how to fix it?
Here's another question asked in this thread: Is there a command line setup flag to disable the graphical part of the
installer, and only run in text mode? Or what setup flag in the
"StepByStep" mode controls that?
Thanks in advance! Lutalli
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