[Freedos-user] ImageMagick for DOS

2005-08-26 Thread Blair Campbell
Hi all.  Just finished compiling ImageMagick for DJGPP with no
modifications made (only the commandline tools, but I actually use
them more than the GUI :)).  If anyone wants them, they can e-mail me,
or they should soon be found on Johnson Lam's lite.


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Re: [Freedos-user] Re: how to setup network on freedos

2005-08-26 Thread Blair Campbell
> i have HP ehternet card and one of xircom... 

I know for certain that xircom has a packet driver for their PCMCIA
10/100 MB cards.  Can you give any more info about the model?


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[Freedos-user] Re: how to setup network on freedos

2005-08-26 Thread M. Atif Qureshi
i have HP ehternet card and one of xircom...
 
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RE: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

2005-08-26 Thread Matthew Fisher
Bernd - 

Thanks for that.  Exiting from the installer and running postinst.bat before
the restart, and then restarting, has the install working. A bunch of
'localization failed' errors, but it doesn't seem crucial.

Blair - thanks for all the help as well.  And having swapped more floppy
disks in the last day than I have in the preceding decade or so, I can
understand your reluctance to get back to it.

-m

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Matthew Fisher schreef:
> Still stymied, but I don't actually think it's a hardware question.  
> After the install completes, on  reboot it's not actually finding 
> anything to start up: everything is still in the C:\temp directory, 
> and the post-install scripts aren't running.

if I recall correctly, FreeDOS attempts to locate the directory where SETUP
installed files to. So far, only drive C: supported.
If that fails, it means installer didn't complete installing packages and
then FreeDOS tries to install a core bootable system:
kernel (c:\kernel.sys), shell (at c:\temp) and bootsector.
Only alternative is to switch to the freedos installation directory manually
and execute postinst.bat there.

> Is there a step I'm missing in installing from floppies here? Or a way 
> to force the next step after a clean install and rebooting with the 
> install floppy instead of the non-booting hdd?

as above. Boot from diskette, press F5 and pray everything goes OK :) I'm
used to a bit defensive programming, so postinst.bat shouldn't depend too
much on earlier executed files.

I hope you're able to finish installation. I'm not fond of testing the
diskette installation procedure, as disk swapping in a virtual machine is
kind of problematic. New harddrive + a set of diskettes should do wonders
for me.

> Thanks 

Bernd



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Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

2005-08-26 Thread Bernd Blaauw

Matthew Fisher schreef:

Still stymied, but I don't actually think it's a hardware question.  After
the install completes, on  reboot it's not actually finding anything to
start up: everything is still in the C:\temp directory, and the post-install
scripts aren't running.


if I recall correctly, FreeDOS attempts to locate the directory where 
SETUP installed files to. So far, only drive C: supported.
If that fails, it means installer didn't complete installing packages 
and then FreeDOS tries to install a core bootable system:

kernel (c:\kernel.sys), shell (at c:\temp) and bootsector.
Only alternative is to switch to the freedos installation directory 
manually and execute postinst.bat there.



Is there a step I'm missing in installing from floppies here? Or a way to
force the next step after a clean install and rebooting with the install
floppy instead of the non-booting hdd?


as above. Boot from diskette, press F5 and pray everything goes OK :)
I'm used to a bit defensive programming, so postinst.bat shouldn't 
depend too much on earlier executed files.


I hope you're able to finish installation. I'm not fond of testing the 
diskette installation procedure, as disk swapping in a virtual machine 
is kind of problematic. New harddrive + a set of diskettes should do 
wonders for me.


Thanks 


Bernd



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Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

2005-08-26 Thread Blair Campbell
> Still stymied, but I don't actually think it's a hardware question.  After
> the install completes, on  reboot it's not actually finding anything to
> start up: everything is still in the C:\temp directory, and the post-install
> scripts aren't running.

AFAIK, there are no post-install scripts run after reboot, only before reboot.


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RE: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

2005-08-26 Thread Matthew Fisher
Still stymied, but I don't actually think it's a hardware question.  After
the install completes, on  reboot it's not actually finding anything to
start up: everything is still in the C:\temp directory, and the post-install
scripts aren't running.

Is there a step I'm missing in installing from floppies here? Or a way to
force the next step after a clean install and rebooting with the install
floppy instead of the non-booting hdd?

Thanks 



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Thanks for the quick response.  There's no CD drive in the box, and not one
available, so I can't avail myself of your experimental updated version.

OK, clean install of FreeDOS, harddrive just stops after the PCI hardware
list.  There are 4 weird phone-type ISA cards in the next slots; perhaps
that's where things are going wrong.  Hmmm.

Thanks again.


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Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:41 AM
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> I've tried to sys c: /bootonly the drive, reformat the drive with and 
> without the /s option, and now I'm running into an "Unknown Previous 
> DOS operating system.  Error level code: 3 3" error that simply halts 
> the FreeDOS install process.

Don't use /bootonly; FreeDOS install sees a bootsector but no boot files and
calls it an unknown previous DOS OS.  I believe this is fixed in my
experimental CD-ROMs.


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RE: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

2005-08-26 Thread Matthew Fisher
Thanks for the quick response.  There's no CD drive in the box, and not one
available, so I can't avail myself of your experimental updated version.

OK, clean install of FreeDOS, harddrive just stops after the PCI hardware
list.  There are 4 weird phone-type ISA cards in the next slots; perhaps
that's where things are going wrong.  Hmmm.

Thanks again.


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Campbell
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:41 AM
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

> I've tried to sys c: /bootonly the drive, reformat the drive with and 
> without the /s option, and now I'm running into an "Unknown Previous 
> DOS operating system.  Error level code: 3 3" error that simply halts 
> the FreeDOS install process.

Don't use /bootonly; FreeDOS install sees a bootsector but no boot files and
calls it an unknown previous DOS OS.  I believe this is fixed in my
experimental CD-ROMs.


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Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

2005-08-26 Thread Blair Campbell
> I've tried to sys c: /bootonly the drive, reformat the drive with and
> without the /s option, and now I'm running into an "Unknown Previous DOS
> operating system.  Error level code: 3 3" error that simply halts the
> FreeDOS install process.

Don't use /bootonly; FreeDOS install sees a bootsector but no boot
files and calls it an unknown previous DOS OS.  I believe this is
fixed in my experimental CD-ROMs.


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[Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties

2005-08-26 Thread Matthew Fisher
I'm struggling to install FreeDos Beta9Sr1 on an old Pentium box with a new
(refurbished) harddrive and no CD drive.  Installing just the base packages
from floppy works, but on startup from the harddrive, it simply sits there,
harddrive not spinning, after the hardware checks.

I've tried to sys c: /bootonly the drive, reformat the drive with and
without the /s option, and now I'm running into an "Unknown Previous DOS
operating system.  Error level code: 3 3" error that simply halts the
FreeDOS install process. 

Suggestions? I'm a bit rusty at DOS




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