Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-06-01 Thread crg
Thanks Alan, I will try the tutorial. luckily, portuguese is not a problem ;-) Cesar ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-06-01 Thread Alain Mouette
No more attached file, link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wk22xq6ecgb85ga/Tec_NetBootDisk%20-%20Cosmodata.html?dl=0 -- You should try *NetBootDisk*, it's a MS-Client Attached a tutorial I made for a very basic instalation. (portuguese) Alain On 5/26/22 10:07, Louis Santillan wrote:

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-26 Thread crg
Hello Louis, > You also need to provide a ‘model’ on the ‘network’ parameter. e1000 or > rtl8139 have DOS packet drivers available. I tried with the command below, and some variations --network bridge=virbr0,model=rtl8139 > You can also use nicscan.exe ( > http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/pac

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-26 Thread Louis Santillan
You can also use nicscan.exe ( http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/packet.htm) or pcinic.com ( http://dunfield.classiccmp.org/dos/index.htm) to verify the nic is correctly configured in the VM. On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 6:07 AM Louis Santillan wrote: > You also need to provide a ‘model’ on the ‘netw

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-26 Thread Louis Santillan
You also need to provide a ‘model’ on the ‘network’ parameter. e1000 or rtl8139 have DOS packet drivers available. On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 4:29 AM wrote: > Hello everybody. Thanks for the help so far, sorry for the delay in > responding. > > The simplest way for me to create a FreeDOS VM on my

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-26 Thread crg
Hello everybody. Thanks for the help so far, sorry for the delay in responding. The simplest way for me to create a FreeDOS VM on my server was to install it on a local VM and copy the disk image to the server, once there I created the VM with the following command. virt-install \ --name DO

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-23 Thread Jon Brase
>I believe the simplest will be to create the VM on another machine and learn >how to import it to the host machine. No, the simplest thing is to open up virt-manager on the other machine, go to "File -> Add connection", fill out the dialog to connect to the host machine, then go to "File -> Ne

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-23 Thread Jon Brase
>KVM is the underlying hypervisor here. It uses QEMU tools for creating disk images and things, but it doesn't use the core QEMU emulator for running x86 OSes on x86. KVM is a kernel component, so userland processes use it for things, not the other way around (specifically, it's a virtualization

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-23 Thread crg
Hi Louis, > KVM/qemu as presented by virt-manager/virsh does something funny with the > config of the VM. After initial boot it’ll “forget” about the CDROM. Seems > like it’s intended for OSes that don’t need to reboot after formatting the > primary drive. I saw this behavior in RHEL and Fed

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-23 Thread Liam Proven
On Mon, 23 May 2022 at 04:02, wrote: > > I'm trying to install FreeDOS in a virtual machine via virt-install, as the > host machine is remote and doesn't have a graphical environment, so I only > have access via ssh. Still, I can export the installer screen via VNC. > > The installation process

[Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-23 Thread Jon Brase
>It would probably be more straightforward for me to use qemu directly, but as >I already have several VMs running managed by virt-manager, I wanted to keep >using it for FreeDOS. So virt-install is a tool for virt-manager, but I don't think I've ever used it directly (there's a good possibilit

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-23 Thread Jon Brase
>KVM/qemu as presented by virt-manager/virsh does something funny with the >config of the VM.  After initial boot it’ll “forget” about the CDROM. I think what's happening is that it detaches the disk image if the virtual CD drive receives an eject command. On real hardware, if the software opens

Re: [Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-22 Thread Louis Santillan
KVM/qemu as presented by virt-manager/virsh does something funny with the config of the VM. After initial boot it’ll “forget” about the CDROM. Seems like it’s intended for OSes that don’t need to reboot after formatting the primary drive. I saw this behavior in RHEL and Fedora using Cockpit, virt

[Freedos-user] virt-install freedos

2022-05-22 Thread crg
Hi! I'm trying to install FreeDOS in a virtual machine via virt-install, as the host machine is remote and doesn't have a graphical environment, so I only have access via ssh. Still, I can export the installer screen via VNC. The installation process loads, and I can get to the part of creating