Yes, I used the same trick, it's exactly like a REAL machine ;-) Alain
Jim Hall escreveu: > I don't have Parallels anymore, but to debug this I tried to install > FreeDOS 1.0 using VMWare. I hit the same problem you found: after > using XFDisk to partition the drive, reboot, and then you see "invalid > operating system". > > The reason is that the BIOS presented by VMWare (or in your case, > Parallels) tries to boot from the hard drive first, then CD-ROM. If > the hard drive is uninitialized (i.e. no partitions, before you run > XFDisk) then it boots correctly from the FreeDOS 1.0 install CD. > > Once you partition the drive, there is a C: drive there, so the > virtual machine tries to boot from the C: drive. But there isn't an > operating system there yet, so the virtual machine aborts with > "invalid operating system". > > The solution is to edit the BIOS settings using the BIOS Setup > program. You'll see this when you boot your virtual machine - under > VMWare, you press F2 when you see the VMWare "BIOS" logo. Under the > "Boot" menu, you'll be able to change the boot selection order. On > VMWare, you move the cursor to "CD-ROM" then use "+" to move it up in > the list (above "Hard Drive".) > > Once you've done that, the virtual machine should be able to boot the > FreeDOS 1.0 install CD to do the actuall installation. On my VMWare > instance, it took about 10 minutes. :-) > > -jh > > > > On 3/28/07, Bonnie Dalzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> OK I took notes this time. >> >> Try to install real freedos (not run it inside linux inside parallels) >> >> Parallels has you pick options >> >> Picked DOS >> and then under that Other DOS >> >> Gave it 192 MB of memory and a gig for its harddrive. >> >> All this is happening in the paralles window on the mac desktop. >> Used the FreeDos 1.0 Full CD I downloaded and burned Feb 27 2007 >> >> Installed boot manager. >> >> Restart and get the startup screen with the boot manager and Freedos >> as the choice in boot manager >> >> However when I try and boot freedos i get the following: >> >> freedos is booting please be patient >> >> Invalid Operating System >> >> >> hmmmmmm..... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
