Hello, > On Mar 29, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Thomsen Thomsen <thomsen.thom...@mail.com> wrote: > > Hello. I managed to create a bootable USB key running FreeDos using Rufus > (http://www.howtogeek.com/136987/how-to-create-a-bootable-dos-usb-drive/). It > works well and boots fine. I even managed to move files to the USB key. I > wanted to install some of the programs from http://www.freedos.org/software/. > In general I couldn't get this to work. Is there a way to get the "full > install" on a bootable USB key? I don't have a bunch of experience.
FYI, I just updated FDI to Preview 15. http://up.lod.bz/FDI It includes may more packages on the USB version. Switching into advanced mode during the installation provides an easy way to include these packages on a per/install basis. You can switch into advanced mode by pressing CTRL+C at the "Welcome To FreeDOS” screen or at any other time FDI is waiting for you to pick an option. The best method to add programs to a custom install stick is to create a FDI build environment and update the package lists. However, there is an easy way to add stuff to your own “ALL” install. 1) Place the new packages in the appropriate directory: FDSETUP\PACKAGES\BASE FDSETUP\PACKAGES\UTIL …. 2) Add the package to the proper list on the install media: FDSETUP\SETUP\FDPLBASE.LST FDSETUP\SETUP\FDPLALL.LST 3) your done. But, you may want its information to show up in FDIMPLES. So you will need to place a copy of the package LSM file in the FDSETUP\PKGINFO directory as a TXT file. You could use FDIMPLES /LISTS to create the package lists. However, you will need to copy and rename them. FDIMPLES’ list editing is designed to work with the raw source and FDI build environments and will require a little extra work to use on a pre-built usb image. Sometime in the hopefully near future, I want to create a couple YouTube videos on using FDI to build custom releases and FreeDOS based operating systems. So, if you have a package for a utility called MYTHING.ZIP add it to: FDSETUP\PACKAGES\UTIL Add util\mything to both or either: FDSETUP\SETUP\FDPLBASE.LST FDSETUP\SETUP\FDPLALL.LST If you wish to create a custom package from scratch, study one of the simple packages that ship with FDI. You will need to mimic the directory structor in the zip archive. Also, you will need to create a custom LSM (package information file) in the APPINFO\ directory. Hope this helps a little. Thanks, Jerome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
