Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

Hi. Killer to me yes, not for anyone o really needs to run a specific software and usually don't have the need for audio. I've tryed DOSBOX-X or DOSBO, can't use GameTools, can't use the breakpoints and the constant search for the right cpu cycle. Even tryed dosbox for dos... no GameTools. Have

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

Hi! > Problem solved, but the killer was no sound of any kind. That means you ONLY use DOS for games? ;-) > Just have to fallback to Virtual Machines or Emulation! Have you tried DOSBOX-X or DOSBOX inside HX RT inside DOS (!) for that? Should still have lower hardware requirements than any V

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

Hi! Problem solved, but the killer was no sound of any kind. Just have to fallback to Virtual Machines or Emulation! On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 8:52 PM Ralf Quint wrote: > On 12/11/2020 9:55 AM, Joao Silva wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Trying to install Freedos 1.3 rc fullusb on a eeepc 1201NL but got a

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

On 12/11/2020 9:55 AM, Joao Silva wrote: Hi! Trying to install Freedos 1.3 rc fullusb on a eeepc 1201NL but got a problem, can't find hdd with windows 10 installed. Could be because of the ntfs fat? Well, yes, that the drive is using NTFS (as is the default for any Windows since at least W

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

Hello. Right, he couldn't see because the hdd fat was NTFS. Steps to FDISK to see: 1. Downloaded the ntfs-paragon drivers (TSR) 2. Opened the FD12FULL.img with UltraISO 3. Added the drivers and saved the file (new name) FD12FULL-ntfs.img 4. Used Rufus to make a usb pen bootable (FreeDOS only read

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:58 PM Joao Silva wrote: > > Trying to install Freedos 1.3 rc fullusb on a eeepc 1201NL but got a problem, > can't find hdd with windows 10 installed. > Could be because of the ntfs fat? Unlikely. FreeDOS won't be able to read an NTFS file system, but you are reporting

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

Hi. Problem solve. The hdd fat was NTFS, i found a ntfs driver for dos, load it and use fdisk to create 2 2gb partitions and install It seens the ntfs driver is free, i'll pass along the url to anyone who wants it On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:34 PM Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user < freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

I would assume it has more to do with the mode of the disk controller. Check your BIOS (if it even gives you the option) to make sure it's set to the most PATA-compatible mode available instead of AHCI or something like that. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐

[Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

Hi! Trying to install Freedos 1.3 rc fullusb on a eeepc 1201NL but got a problem, can't find hdd with windows 10 installed. Could be because of the ntfs fat? Thanks ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourcefo

Re: [Freedos-user] Install FD on a USB pendrive

It looks like I sent the video URL with a wrong link address, so here it is again. After watching the video, you should be able to install FreeDOS in any USB flash stick without any trouble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bd_n3nLsA4 | | | | || | | | || Creating a

Re: [Freedos-user] Install FD on a USB pendrive

Hi, On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Bonaventura de'Vidovich wrote: > > I'd like to install FD on a USB pendrive. > I have tried to use the «USB "Full" installer» image but only a little bit o > free space is avaible. How much total capacity does your jump drive have? > Besides the sistem l

[Freedos-user] Install FD on a USB pendrive

Hi, I'd like to install FD on a USB pendrive. I have tried to use the «USB "Full" installer » image but only a little bit o free space is avaible. Besides the sistem looks not to run very well starting so from USB pendrive. How can I

Re: [Freedos-user] install

Hi, On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Péter Szőke wrote: > Dear Members, > > Is there any way to install the Freedos from USB stick/Pendrive to HDD. Why install to HDD? Why not just use a bootable USB as if it were your HDD? > I have a notebook without optical drive. > The notebook has Windows 1

Re: [Freedos-user] install

>Its BIOS has Legacy USB support and it is enabled. My bad, I meant to check for UEFI or Legacy option for your hard drive operating system. For example, I have an ACER E5-571 and to use FreeDOS I must choose the Legacy option, but I still am limited to SATA only there is no IDE option. To intall F

Re: [Freedos-user] install

On 3/17/2016 6:04 PM, Don Flowers wrote: > PS - Check you BIOS and enable legacy support. > Anyone wanna take bets that this laptop only has an UEFI BIOS, and no legacy BIOS anymore? Ralf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -

Re: [Freedos-user] install

One important aspect is the ability to turn off secure boot and Legacy BIOS support, not just Legacy USB support. More and more of these low-end devices have Secure Boot turned on and can't be turned off, and even then some of them don't boot OSes that don't have UEFI bootloaders. I have an HP Str

Re: [Freedos-user] install

Hi again, On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 6:09 AM, Péter Szőke wrote: > > I will try answer to everyone. > > So, I have this model: Asus k501lx-dm045d A quick search finds this: https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/K501LX/ They are very reminiscent of Apple with that page. I don't see any mentions of FreeD

Re: [Freedos-user] install

The only way that I know of that *might* work is if you have access to linux where you use a linux DD command so that the USB would show up as the A: drive - if you are not in a hurry, I will experiement over the weekend, Meanwhile have you seen this site? http://www.chtaube.eu/computers/freedos/

[Freedos-user] install

Dear Members, Is there any way to install the Freedos from USB stick/Pendrive to HDD. I have a notebook without optical drive. The notebook has Windows 10 certification. I have tried some program for example Rufus, but I could not solve. The main problem was that : the pendrive was the only visibl

Re: [Freedos-user] install

PS - Check you BIOS and enable legacy support. On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 8:58 PM, Don Flowers wrote: > The only way that I know of that *might* work is if you have access to > linux where you use a linux DD command so that the USB would show up as the > A: drive - if you are not in a hurry, I wil

Re: [Freedos-user] install

I'm guessing that may well be the case. On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:27 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 3/17/2016 6:04 PM, Don Flowers wrote: > > PS - Check you BIOS and enable legacy support. > > > Anyone wanna take bets that this laptop only has an UEFI BIOS, and no > legacy BIOS anymore? > > Ralf > >

Re: [Freedos-user] install

I will try answer to everyone. So, I have this model: Asus k501lx-dm045d Its BIOS has Legacy USB support and it is Enabled. "Why install to HDD? Why not just use a bootable USB as if it were your HDD?" My service asked me. If I want a repair, Ihave to bring back to them the notebook in its

[Freedos-user] install from folder.

Ruxolo, Tried mint forum; in two weeks 25 views,no replies. No mint after 12 fits on cd(want mint because of mate-gnome desktop). The 12 has gnome three/awful.. Did manage to boot from external dvd using PLoP, choosing 'plopkexec' option. I'm just going crazy to see if there is a way to make a

Re: [Freedos-user] Install from G-DOS

> If you only want to unpack all the software archives (zip files), > running INSTALL.EXE should be possible, from the \FREEDOS directory if > I'm not mistaken. Or use UNZIP.EXE > Running unzip manually is probably easiest. When you break it down, the FreeDOS install process is just creating a wri

Re: [Freedos-user] Install from G-DOS

Op 12-1-2013 18:52, Thomas D. Dean schreef: > What can I do to complete the installation? The installation process assumes you're installing from CD. What I'd recommend is storing the ISO on drive C:, then the following: SHSUFDRV /F:C:\FD11SRC.ISO SHSUCDX /D:SHSU-CDH,X and then switch to drive X

[Freedos-user] Install from G-DOS

I have a TS5700 computer with General Software Embedded DOS-ROM 4.04 on a flash drive that appears as A: and B:. I have a 512MB CF card with two partitions, 250MB each. The first CF partition appears as c: The second CF partition appears as D:, containing several directories, including FREEDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Grub

Honestly, I would use a newer GRUB4DOS version from http://download.gna.org/grub4dos. (0.4.4) Once that's unzipped to a floppy or the hard drive, you can use "bootlace.com 0x80", then make sure that GRLDR is present on the hard drive. I'm not sure where bootlace.com and GRLDR are located on the CD.

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Grub SOLUTION

On Sat, 2009-06-20 at 10:26 -0700, Thomas D. Dean wrote: > How do I install grub from the FreeDOS 1.0 CD? \fdos\bin\bootlace 0x80 copy GRLDR C:\GRLDR create c:\BOOT\GRUB\MENU.LST # # title MSDOS unhide (hd0,0) rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 makeactive # # title FreeDOS unhide (hd0,1) unhid

[Freedos-user] Install Grub

I have two partitions, MSDOS on 1 and FreeDOS on 2. How do I install grub from the FreeDOS 1.0 CD? tomdean -- Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Problems

On Friday 27 March 2009 14:58, usul wrote: > The only thing left is that FreeDos does not use the full screen, there is > almost > a two inch border around the displayable area. all other OS seem to use the > whole screen. > There is an option in the BIOS to stretch it but that turns out ugly. Is >

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Problems

Eric, Thanks. I finally got it working. I don't think its a freedos problem. the laptop is a LIfebook 770tx with hotswapping cdrom/floppy that is built into the bios. I think its confused with the drive mounting What I ended up doing is using GParted to partition. I booted with the CD, and quit t

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Problems

Hi Usul, > I installed freedos correctlly or so I thought. > When I boot from the hard drive and not the CD I get an > F 99 99 99 (lots of nines) > I can boot from the cd and see everything on the hard drive and run programs > just fine. Which version did you install? Did you already try doing S

[Freedos-user] Install Problems

I installed freedos correctlly or so I thought. When I boot from the hard drive and not the CD I get an F 99 99 99 (lots of nines) I can boot from the cd and see everything on the hard drive and run programs just fine. What did I do incorrectly? ~theMouse -

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

I don't know what exactly you need W95 for, but I've switched to Linux (Debian) to get away from all that license hullaballu. For compensation, I get thousands of applications, programming languages, etc. Freedos runs very well in a dosemu window of Linux. I suspect you all know that already, and

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

O/H [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: > My BIOS allow to boot from cdrom. > But the win95 cdrom I own is not bootable... > Why don't you just installing from a bootable win95 cd? There is no chance to get a replacement cd, but you can grab a copy from around the net. I've heard that it is legal (sin

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

-- Original message -- From: "Robert Riebisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Michael Reichenbach wrote: > > > He said he has no floppy anymore. So this is a bit more complicated. > > Where exactly? I only see "without owning DOS on floppies", which is > something complet

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Robert Riebisch wrote: > Godefroid Chapelle wrote: > >> But the win95 cdrom I own is not bootable... > > Just get the appropriate boot disk from > or . Thanks for the info. > Easy to find via Google... I inferred wrongly th

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Michael Reichenbach wrote: > He said he has no floppy anymore. So this is a bit more complicated. Where exactly? I only see "without owning DOS on floppies", which is something completely different. Nevertheless he could buy (or borrow) a USB floppy drive. I prefer NEC here. Robert Riebisch --

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Robert Riebisch schrieb: > Godefroid Chapelle wrote: > >> But the win95 cdrom I own is not bootable... > > Just get the appropriate boot disk from > or . Easy to find via Google... > > Robert Riebisch He said he has no flopp

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Godefroid Chapelle wrote: > But the win95 cdrom I own is not bootable... Just get the appropriate boot disk from or . Easy to find via Google... Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Eric Auer wrote: > Hi! > >>> Unfortunately FreeDOS does not support Win9x. > > Well there are 2 ways of "support": Win9x includes > MS DOS 7 so you should only RUN it in MS DOS 7... > > But you can start the INSTALLERS of various Windows > versions from within other DOS :-). I think what you > a

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Godefroid Chapelle schrieb: > Michael Reichenbach wrote: >> Godefroid Chapelle schrieb: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to setup Win 95 from FreeDOS. >>> >>> I boot from freedos standard. Then load the cdrom driver. Ok :-) >>> >>> If I try to run install.exe for win95, it complains about high memory

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Hi! > > Unfortunately FreeDOS does not support Win9x. Well there are 2 ways of "support": Win9x includes MS DOS 7 so you should only RUN it in MS DOS 7... But you can start the INSTALLERS of various Windows versions from within other DOS :-). I think what you are trying to do is boot DOS from d

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Michael Reichenbach wrote: > Godefroid Chapelle schrieb: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to setup Win 95 from FreeDOS. >> >> I boot from freedos standard. Then load the cdrom driver. Ok :-) >> >> If I try to run install.exe for win95, it complains about high memory >> support being incompatible. >> >>

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Godefroid Chapelle schrieb: > Hello, > > I am trying to setup Win 95 from FreeDOS. > > I boot from freedos standard. Then load the cdrom driver. Ok :-) > > If I try to run install.exe for win95, it complains about high memory > support being incompatible. > > Are there any known workarounds ?

[Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

Hello, I am trying to setup Win 95 from FreeDOS. I boot from freedos standard. Then load the cdrom driver. Ok :-) If I try to run install.exe for win95, it complains about high memory support being incompatible. Are there any known workarounds ? Thanks -- Godefroid Chapelle (aka __gotcha) ht

Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem

." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:26:53 -0200 > > A very short while ago I found GPARTED, it is a *complete* partition > solution, and it can move ext3 and RaiserFS parti

Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem

/ Alain Thank you for the response. Where may I get the CD? Dick. \ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: "Alain M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:26:53 -0200 A very short w

Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem

A very short while ago I found GPARTED, it is a *complete* partition solution, and it can move ext3 and RaiserFS partitions too. It has also a live CD (50Mb) so that using is painless. For most operations, it uses the regular Linux programs like "dosfsck" and "reiserfsck", etc... http://gparte

Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem

/ Thank you for the response. Yes I have booted from the CD and still get the freeze. \ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bonnie Dalzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:44:05 -0500 (EST)

Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem

/ Thanks. I'll give it a try. \ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bonnie Dalzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:52:14 -0500 (EST) ranish partition manager is an excellent partition

Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem

ranish partition manager is an excellent partition tool (http://www.ranish.com/part/) which you can run from a floppy if you have a dos floppy. ~~~ Bonnie Dalzell, MA mail:5100 Hydes Rd Hydes MD USA

Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I am having a problem installingFreeDOS 1.0, base install with source. > I am runing a Dell, with a Celon CPU. > I have 160 GB HD, 2-GB of ram. > > I have 3 partitions, using PartitionMagic7: > Windows XP home edition. >

Re: [Freedos-user] Install problem

Hi! Please don't send mails in HTML format. Plaintext e-mails are more appreciated here... I don't know what's the problem, but if I were you, I would try to format the partition with the format comes with FreeDOS. PartitionMagic is a good partition manager, but I've already heard strange things o

[Freedos-user] Install problem

      I am having a problem installingFreeDOS 1.0, base install with source.   I am runing a Dell, with a Celon CPU.    I have 160 GB HD, 2-GB of ram.     I have 3 partitions, using PartitionMagic7:  Windows XP home edition.   Windows 2000 Pro.  Dos. (1396 Meg Bite partition size)  

Re: [Freedos-user] install bug?

> Ahhh okay you mean you selected the "edit file" option of > the network setup menu. Well I guess you still have network > troubles. I guess the main issue there, for me, was that the install just seemed to hang forever, rather than dump out to any kind of "networking is not working" message w

Re: [Freedos-user] install bug?

Hi again! > I neglected to mention that the setup went into another hung state > after I finished hand-editing the file. Ahhh okay you mean you selected the "edit file" option of the network setup menu. Well I guess you still have network troubles. But on the other hand, a simple solution might

Re: [Freedos-user] install bug?

> I tried again with (3), manual entry, but found it strange that this also > presents one with a file with no place to enter nameserver. It is easy > enough to type nameserver=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx but I wasn't certain I was using > the correct configuration/naming convention whatever. I neglected to

[Freedos-user] install bug?

Hi all - One issue I encountered both while trying to install FreeDOS under Linux and on its own dedicated partition had to do with the networking setup. As I recall one is presented with 3 options: 1) DHCP (default) 2) static IP Q-and-A 3) Edit .cfg manually (I'm paraphrasing there) Since I

[Freedos-user] Install and dosfsck 211c

Hi, Eric Your 2.11c version is great! It's just what that utility needed to prevent confusion when using very large hard disks. I let 2.11b run overnight and it finished okay. The counter, at least, lets one know that it will take a l-o-n-g time to finish! Interesting twist on install routine:

Re: [Freedos-user] Install fail

Hi, > > Then it tried to download further updates but failed to > > communicate with your ADSL router or similar device. > Could it have reasonably been expected to succeed? Depends on many factors. You better try that with for example Arachne after installing a basic DOS :-). The realtek drive

Re: [Freedos-user] Install fail

Eric Auer wrote: > Then it tried to download further updates but failed to > communicate with your ADSL router or similar device. Could it have reasonably been expected to succeed? If so, how to make it work. > >>How can I determine what did not get installed because of this? > > I think the w

Re: [Freedos-user] Install fail

Hi Ray, > I just downloaded and burned FDFULLCD.ISO... > Bootable CD install stops at "Configuring through DHCP". Then it tried to download further updates but failed to communicate with your ADSL router or similar device. > How can I determine what did not get installed because of this? I thi

[Freedos-user] Install fail

I just downloaded and burned FDFULLCD.ISO. I installed it on a rather old machine: 1G P4. I have trouble getting any DOS to boot on some late model machines. Bootable CD install stops at "Configuring through DHCP". Someone else complained about this last November. I don't find a response. H

[Freedos-user] Install fail

I just downloaded and burned FDFULLCD.ISO. I installed it on a rather old machine: 1G P4. I have trouble getting any DOS to boot on some late model machines. Bootable CD install stops at "Configuring through DHCP". Someone else complained about this last November. I don't find a response. H

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Question

On 3/15/07, Lélio Ronei Knop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, I copy version ISO with source-code (Fdfullws.iso) of FreeDOS site. > In the hour to install it has 3 types of installation: Full Install, Base > and Custom. > > The Full Install version would not have question only the directory

[Freedos-user] Install Question

Hello, I copy version ISO with source-code (Fdfullws.iso) of FreeDOS site. In the hour to install it has 3 types of installation: Full Install, Base and Custom.The Full Install version would not have question only the directory of the installation and to install everything without asking which pack

Re: [Freedos-user] Install FreeDOS on most WindowsXP Computers - updated ISO and Procedure

Not at all. mytempdir is quite slow. If you can provide another site, I can upload them tomorrow. Mark Johnson Lam wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:48:00 -0500, you wrote: > > Hi, > >> I have updated my procedure and bootable CD for installing >> FreeDOS on almost any WindowsXP computer. You

Re: [Freedos-user] Install FreeDOS on most WindowsXP Computers - updated ISO and Procedure

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:48:00 -0500, you wrote: Hi, >I have updated my procedure and bootable CD for installing >FreeDOS on almost any WindowsXP computer. You can install >FreeDOS beside WindowsXP without damaging the WindowsXP >installation. Great! >The download links will be valid for three w

[Freedos-user] Install FreeDOS on most WindowsXP Computers - updated ISO and Procedure

Good day, everyone: I have updated my procedure and bootable CD for installing FreeDOS on almost any WindowsXP computer. You can install FreeDOS beside WindowsXP without damaging the WindowsXP installation. The key programs are GParted, for shrinking the WindowsXP disk partition and creating a p

[Freedos-user] install freedos without CDROM drive

I'm trying to install freedos but I have no cdrom I copied the fdbootcd.iso content in the fat partition (c:) I boot with the floppy and after some menus I was prompted with the following screen: Alternative installation media. Please select ho to install Freedos 0) Access cdrom through loaded

Re: [Freedos-user] Install has run amok on my hard drives

Hi! 2-Июн-2006 18:17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Blair Campbell) wrote to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: >> >> I wanted FreeDOS to leave my Recovery Partition alone and to install itself >> >> on my D: drive. Instead, without any instruction from me, it has modified my BC> DOS (including FreeDOS)

Re: [Freedos-user] Install has run amok on my hard drives

> I wanted FreeDOS to leave my Recovery Partition alone and to install itself > on my D: drive. Instead, without any instruction from me, it has modified my DOS (including FreeDOS) will only boot from the first recognized partition. Sof it you want to do this, you would have to use GRUB or anothe

[Freedos-user] Install has run amok on my hard drives

Hello, I could barely understand any of the installation directions for FreeDOS because they were muddled up with information that does not pertain to me, as I already have a primary FAT partition just waiting and ready to receive it, so I just went ahead and ran the install off the bootable CD

[Freedos-user] Install CD won't

I have a CD made from the ISO. The readme identifies it as: b9 #2 30 Nov 2005. During install the kernel version is 0.0.35. Is this the most recent? It gets to "Uncompressing and loading UPXed CPI (CPX)." And then "Invalid Opcode..." Anyone understand this? Ray -

Re: [Freedos-user] Install freedos without floppy or cd?

On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 22:58 -0500, Hoace Johnson wrote: > Hello, > > I have a laptop that has no working removable media > drives, which has linux installed on one patition. I > also have a fat16 partition (hda1) that I want to > install FreeDOS on, booting from GRUB, but I cannot > figure out exa

[Freedos-user] Install freedos without floppy or cd?

Hello, I have a laptop that has no working removable media drives, which has linux installed on one patition. I also have a fat16 partition (hda1) that I want to install FreeDOS on, booting from GRUB, but I cannot figure out exactly how to do this. The problem (I think) is getting the right boot s

[Freedos-user] Install on 386/10 10mb 40mb floppy laptop fails (was: my first post...)

Hi, can you give more details about your install attempt? There should be an installer boot floppy, and this should let you enter floppy install mode if none of the following is found: - CD ROM of beta 9 - ISO image of beta 9 on harddisk - contents of beta 9 CD on harddisk ... but of course you co

Re: [Freedos-user] Install errors - Beta9 release 4

If you are able, also check the md5sum of the iso file before you write it to CD-R. The sums are listed here: http://www.freedos.org/freedos/files/ Leendert wrote: Did you also redownload the image? Maybe it got corrupted when you downloaded it... On Mar 24, 2004, at 4:53 PM, Joe Albanese wro

Re: [Freedos-user] Install errors - Beta9 release 4

Did you also redownload the image? Maybe it got corrupted when you downloaded it... On Mar 24, 2004, at 4:53 PM, Joe Albanese wrote: This is my first attempt at installing freedos. During install I keep getting the following extration error: "Error extracting file c:\fdos\cpi\ega5.cpi" I've re

[Freedos-user] Install errors - Beta9 release 4

This is my first attempt at installing freedos. During install I keep getting the following extration error: "Error extracting file c:\fdos\cpi\ega5.cpi" I've reinstalled several times and sometimes the extration error complains about xmsswap.cln and/or ctm-it.exe as well. I have installed on t