Hi!
The trick is that "if errorlevel 42" does not only trigger
if the errorlevel is EXACTLY 42, but if it is AT LEAST 42:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/if
As you already found out, you could also use == for equality.
Of course, FreeCOM only
> On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 04:43:29PM -0400, Roger wrote:
>> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 02:50:11PM -0400, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On May 7, 2025, at 2:17 PM, Roger via Freedos-user
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Forgot mentioning, when booting FreeDOS-1.4 from USB flash media,
>>> do
> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 02:50:11PM -0400, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user
> wrote:
>
>
>> On May 7, 2025, at 2:17 PM, Roger via Freedos-user
>> wrote:
>>
>> Forgot mentioning, when booting FreeDOS-1.4 from USB flash media,
>> doesn't appear for having a method for detecting when booting from b
> On May 7, 2025, at 2:17 PM, Roger via Freedos-user
> wrote:
>
> Forgot mentioning, when booting FreeDOS-1.4 from USB flash media,
> doesn't appear for having a method for detecting when booting from between
> Qemu or a bare metal PC, as hardware configuration (eg. autoexec.bat) between
> th
Forgot mentioning, when booting FreeDOS-1.4 from USB flash media,
doesn't appear for having a method for detecting when booting from between
Qemu or a bare metal PC, as hardware configuration (eg. autoexec.bat) between
the two hardware schemes would likely be different.
Roger
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> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 10:17:10AM +0200, Alex via Freedos-user wrote:
>Hello, I wanted to ask if there's a way to install full FreeDOS OS on a
>USB stick, not the FullUSB live version, but the full operating system.
Works very well, using Qemu on Linux hosts and when booting from a bare
metal P
> On May 7, 2025, at 4:17 AM, Alex via Freedos-user
> wrote:
>
> Hello, I wanted to ask if there's a way to install full FreeDOS OS on a USB
> stick, not the FullUSB live version, but the full operating system.
Message contains instructions on how too easily convert the FullUSB Install
imag
On Wed, 7 May 2025 at 09:20, Alex via Freedos-user
wrote:
>
> Hello, I wanted to ask if there's a way to install full FreeDOS OS on a USB
> stick, not the FullUSB live version, but the full operating system.
Yes. I wrote about it here:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/dos_distraction_free
Hi Norby,
> Thanks to jerome I believe the issue was tryin to install over the old
> copy since i fprmated the drive before the install this time and it
> worked. I probably should have tried that before sendin out the long
> message. My gremlin there.
Glad it worked now.
> I cannot use vbox s
Thanks to jerome I believe the issue was tryin to install over the old copy
since i fprmated the drive before the install this time and it worked. I
probably should have tried that before sendin out the long message. My
gremlin there.
I cannot use vbox since my pc cannot run it, unless there is
https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-LiveCD.zip
worked for me (in QEMU).
I have chosen 'Install to hard disk' from the main menu.
Do you install in english?
Have you verified the file with
https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dis
The install I have wanted to try (in connectix vpc) is the test FreeDOS
FDT2404-Live CD.zip from ibiblio. The test fails on both options with or
without sources added. TestDisk is where it will always stop.
‘Util\testdisk’ package. A reboot may help.
On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 01:49 Jerome Shidel vi
Hi,
> On Apr 6, 2024, at 8:40 PM, Norby Droid via Freedos-user
> wrote:
>
> One issue I find alot when tryin to install FreeDos is that it would go most
> of the way through the install then without any reason and no explanation as
> to why, it just stops and says there is a problem so reboo
Hello,
I bought a CF card and adapter, so waiting for those to arrive. I tried the
fdisk /bmbr command on both the installed fdisk and the live cd, both of
them give the syntax error… operation terminated. The other fdisk mbr
options work though. When the CF adapter arrives I should be able to get
Hello,
So I did the experiment, simply by using fdisk /mbr in the live cd of
freedos. The OS now is not bootable from hdd, and gives read error while
reading drive error. So definitely problem is fdisk /mbr command.
The gotek sees iso images of formatted floppy drives and reads them to a
computer
Hi Andrew,
So apart from the floppy cable problem, you say only
the Win98 MBR boots correctly, but the FreeDOS one
will not boot? You have re-formatted the partition
in DOS (by the way, better use SYS, not FORMAT /S),
but kept the partitions unchanged, so there could be
a problem with either FDI
Hello guys,
I was able to get both systems working correctly. I first formatted the
partition and wrote the mbr in Windows 98. Then in freedos I formatted the
filesystem and setup system files with format c: /s. I then used the
advanced installer to install without overriding the mbr, and after
res
Gotcha, thanks for the info. Its possible the mobo floppy controller is
broken. I haven't finished troubleshooting it yet.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 8:00 AM Liam Proven wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 18:05, Andrew wrote:
> >
> > 3) I havnt worked enough in getting the floppy working on the i386,
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 18:05, Andrew wrote:
>
> 3) I havnt worked enough in getting the floppy working on the i386, i think
> it has to do with a nonstandard ide connection.
Standard floppy drives are *not* IDE. They have their own connection
(34-way not 40-way) and this is attached to a floppy c
Hi Andrew,
On 9 Jun 2021, at 19:20, Eric Auer wrote:
9) I will also try the FDISK /INFO command for both situations
Enjoy. You could also use XFDISK, which is more user friendly,
but shows fewer details. Note that both also have pretty long
config files which let you (mis-) configure lots of
Maybe let's start with this: how is your HDD partitioned and do you use any
boot-loader utility to load FreeDOS? If so - how its FreeDOS section looks like?
--
regards,
Zbigniew
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An additional fact to be aware of…
All the normal install media for FreeDOS 1.3-RC4 uses and always installs the
386 kernel with large file system support. Thats the CD media, USB media and CD
Boot Floppy.
However, the alternate x86 installer uses the 8086 kernel. The current version
of this
Gotcha thank you guys for the support, I have to work till the end of this
week but will try the recommendations after that. If I get it to work ill
let you know what the problem was. Cheers!
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 10:22 AM Eric Auer wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> > Ive been using the freedos wiki as a guid
Hi Andrew,
> 1) The pentium 2 has LBA support, it sees even a 32gb windows 98 partition
> no problem. i486 has no LBA support, so I keep the partition below 2gb. It
> is fine seeing the 2gb DOS partition and booting from it.
It is possible that you end up getting a LBA-only boot sector when
you
Gotcha, Ill need to learn more about this, perhaps try a manual install. Is
there any up to date guides for a manual installation?
Ive been using the freedos wiki as a guide, are there any better docs
available? Particularly about MBR and SYS with freedos?
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 9:59 AM Eric Auer
Hi!
> Perhaps just a simple bootloader would fix the problem? I only know of
> modern linux ones, perhaps systemd-boot would work from arch?
You can load DOS with many boot loaders including GRUB,
but that still usually relies on a working boot sector.
If the MBR has a problem (as said, FDISK
Perhaps just a simple bootloader would fix the problem? I only know of
modern linux ones, perhaps systemd-boot would work from arch?
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 9:01 AM ZB wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 08:40:25AM -0700, Andrew wrote:
>
> > Ive installed different operating systems on the two hdds
I dont see how it can he hardware related if both DOS 6 and 98 dont have
the problem, but freedos, all on the same hdd and same computer, using a
2Gb partition which shouldnt have LBA problems. Also two computers have
this same problem. Ive tried multiple drives and multiple cables.
On Wed, Jun 9,
1) The pentium 2 has LBA support, it sees even a 32gb windows 98 partition
no problem. i486 has no LBA support, so I keep the partition below 2gb. It
is fine seeing the 2gb DOS partition and booting from it.
2) the wording is read error while reading drive
This normally shows up when a hdd is brok
On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 08:40:25AM -0700, Andrew wrote:
> Ive installed different operating systems on the two hdds I have, over 15
> times in total between them all. Every time DOS and 98 installs fine,
> freedos always gives the same error. And if I boot from bios to cd to hdd,
> freedos also wo
Ive installed different operating systems on the two hdds I have, over 15
times in total between them all. Every time DOS and 98 installs fine,
freedos always gives the same error. And if I boot from bios to cd to hdd,
freedos also works, but I cant do that on i486 computer because it doesnt
have c
Hi Andrew,
> 1) Both use IDE connectors, no sata.
>
> 2) The error simply says disk read error in the pentium 2. The i486 simply
> has a black screen, like it is trying to load the OS but cannot. Both
> computer see the hard drive in the bios ( no hard drive post errors).
At which point, using
On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 07:37:30AM -0700, Andrew wrote:
> 2) The error simply says disk read error in the pentium 2.
Isn't it clear enough? You've got some sort of hardware problem. Try
different cables, different HDD etc.
--
regards,
Zbigniew
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Fr
Thank you for replying.
1) Both use IDE connectors, no sata.
2) The error simply says disk read error in the pentium 2. The i486 simply
has a black screen, like it is trying to load the OS but cannot. Both
computer see the hard drive in the bios ( no hard drive post errors).
3) I installed DOS 6
Hi Andrew,
I assume your 486 and your Pentium2 both use ATAPI
CD drives and IDE harddisks, not SATA? Can you be
more specific about the (harddisk?) read errors on
the Pentium 2 after install? What does the BIOS and
CMOS setup say about your i486 which does not boot?
In general, I recommend the
Hey guys I just bought soft pic 1.3 unopened in a box with the plastic still on
it.
What do you think of that ira?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 10, 2017, at 5:41 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote:
>
> Also, try to just install BASE and not FULL. You can install the other
> packages after the install c
Also, try to just install BASE and not FULL. You can install the other packages
after the install completes.
> On Jan 10, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Ira Minor wrote:
>
> Try using the Legacy Installer CD rather than the Standard one.
>
> Ira
>
> irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588
>
>> On Tue, Jan 10,
Try using the Legacy Installer CD rather than the Standard one.
Ira
irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Lawrence Dionne
wrote:
> I have an old Dell computer: Intel Celeron processor 700Mhz CPU 320MB RAM
>
> I thought it would make a nice machine for installin and
Hi Knute,
> Can you help, please?... I finally installed FreeDOS into VirtualBox,
> except at the very end of the install instead of the window where the
> instructions say "Now we boot FreeDOS in our virtual machine" (select
> "1")... instead of that the DOS window says "Bad or missing Command
>
Oops. Thanks for pointing that out. We moved the wiki to
www.freedos.org/wiki and I did not remember to update this link.
I'll do this tomorrow when I'm home from vacation.
On Jul 29, 2014 2:54 PM, "Jaroslav Beran" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> "FreeDOS Install HOWTO" link on main page http://www.freedos.
hardware = AMD Athlon II x2 250 .. I will mine sysbo data
> if you request it
>
> From: Rugxulo
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 12:47 AM
> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Install on VirtualBox
>
.. I will mine sysbo data if
you request it
From: Rugxulo
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 12:47 AM
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Install on VirtualBox
BTW, what host OS and which version of VirtualBox are you using? And I
assume you're
Op 2-3-2012 16:13, Mark Brown schreef:
> also rewriting the "reboot" alias in autoexec.bat/fdauto.bat
> so a "cold" reboot is performed might maybe reboot the machine
> better.
Likely, I'll implement it for FreeDOS 1.2, thanks for your suggestion.
Actually I'd prefer the HOTBOOT (from JEMMEX, mimi
Op 2-3-2012 0:31, Rugxulo schreef:
> I don't know why Bernd disabled it. I guess it didn't work well for
> him under VMware. But it works fine in VirtualBox for me.
It will work fine, but the generated loading of
AMD/PCNET/VMware/Virtualbox packet driver would be for everyone who
installed FreeD
Op 1-3-2012 23:41, nweissma schreef:
> your instructions don't say how to 'reboot' .. being a noob, i tried
> entering "reboot" -- and it seemed to work -- mentioned something about
> "warm reboot" -- and then /hung/. how can i get passed this point?
There are various ways to reboot:
* press powe
also rewriting the "reboot" alias in autoexec.bat/fdauto.bat
so a "cold" reboot is performed might maybe reboot the machine
better.
.
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> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Neal Weissman wrote:
>> i will attempt another install and do as you say:
>...
>>
>> and report back to you.
>>
>> but i don't understand your instruction "try running without UIDE" --
how do
>> i do that (it seems to be a procedure different from leaving the REM
Hi,
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Neal Weissman wrote:
> i will attempt another install and do as you say:
>
>> Which error message do you see when it hangs? What is the last line of
>> text in the boot sequence before things stop?
>>
>> As a debugging step, try booting FreeDOS without drivers
i will attempt another install and do as you say:
> Which error message do you see when it hangs? What is the last line of
> text in the boot sequence before things stop?
>
> As a debugging step, try booting FreeDOS without drivers (using the
> boot menu.) FreeDOS should at least bring up a "C:\>
I'll also add this: Do you really need to have networking to run FreeDOS?
Chapter 6 of the installation instructions
(http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=VirtualBox_-_Chapter_6)
describe how to set up networking in FreeDOS, when using VirtualBox.
The reasons to do networ
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:41 PM, nweissma wrote:
> PROLEGOMENA: i'm a noob.
>
>
> kudos: your instructions are understandable, unlike others that i've
> grappled with (and lost). Many Thanks for Your Efforts.
>
> i was successfully following your instructions until
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/med
Hi,
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:41 PM, nweissma wrote:
>
> kudos: your instructions are understandable, unlike others that i've
> grappled with (and lost). Many Thanks for Your Efforts.
>
> i was successfully following your instructions until
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php
Hi Eric ;-)
> I'd like to put FreeDOS on HDB1,
> but wanted to know if that was possible.
Yes but this will change the drive letters for the
other FAT partitions on HDB, I guess. Unless you
ask Grub / ... to hide the DOS partition before it
boots Windows.
> boot using a DOS bootable floppy, HDA
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