[Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDOS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 'Can't install FreeDOS. I tried to report this to Bugzilla but I'm not getting the confirmation email(s) when I try to set up an account. Anyway, my problem... when the installation routine asks me my IP address I enter DHCP. The install responds: Configuration complete. Dependencies met or there aren't any dependencies. Configuring... D:\FDOS\Bin\CTMOUSE\ctm-EN.exe = D:\FDOS\Bin\mouse.exe Configuration complete. Dependencies met or there aren't dependencies. Configuring... Configuring through DHCP... And then it starts beeping like crazy. I assume the problem has something to do with obtaining the IP address from my ISP. I don't know whether it matters, but I have a Buffalo Airstation router. Like I said I tried to report this to the FreeDOS bugzilla but I wasn't able to set up my account. Any help reporting the bug or installing FreeDOS would be greatly appreciated. - -Rob -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFHbrHr+KyO/KUp2FYRAq1KAKDkqDzgpW/BNi/ZTgmo09xOT2exkgCeLrZD sZ+M3iD1+bFOl8COCJIJzzE= =oPrL -END PGP SIGNATURE- - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Installation hangs at Configuring DHCP
On Thursday 20 December 2007 23:03:14 Eric Auer wrote: Hi Aniruddha, I try to install FreeDOS on an old Compaq but unfortunately the installation hangs at Configuring DHCP. Is this a known bug? How can this be fixed? The only way I could leave was shutting down the pc (ctrl+C didn't work) This is a known problem. If you do a FULL (not only base) install, several packages will be downloaded from internet, but it is not at all easy for FreeDOS to automatically configure the internet. It often hangs. I think it should not be done like that by default. Thank you for your answer. I didn't find a base install option though. How do I activate it? Regards, Aniruddha - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDOS
Hi Rob, I tried to report this to Bugzilla but I'm not getting the email(s) when I try to set up an account. Read the yellow box on www.freedos.org/freedos/bugs/ - it says that you have to get the account from us humans :-) Anyway, my problem... when the installation routine asks me my IP address I enter DHCP. The install responds: ... Configuring through DHCP... And then it starts beeping like crazy. Basically you have the same problem as reported by some others earlier this month - automatic configuration does not work out for your PC but the easy workaround is to not install packages which require a network connection during install :-). See for example: www.mail-archive.com/freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06646.html Of course you can fix the network config manually at a later time. Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] hang with DHCP / FreeDOS 1.1 menu suggestion
Hi, This is a known problem. If you do a FULL (not only base) install, several packages will be downloaded from internet, but it is not at all easy for FreeDOS to automatically configure the internet. It often hangs. I think it should not be done like that by default. Thank you for your answer. I didn't find a base install option though. How do I activate it? There is a sub menu during install: 1) Start installation of FreeDOS 1.0 Final 2) Change installation mode 3) Reset language to English Q) Return to previous menu The installation mode menu is: 1) Full install(All disksets and corresponding sources) 2) Minimal install (BASE diskset(s) only) 3) Custom install (all packages, let me decide) I think (SUGGESTION for FreeDOS 1.1) it would be easier to combine both into ONE menu: 0) Reset language to English 1) Start Full install(All disksets) 2) Start Full online install (All disksets and all downloads) 3) Start Minimal install (BASE diskset(s) only) 4) Start Custom install (all packages, let me decide) Q) Return to previous menu You can always run FDPKG later to add more packages and to install the source code of packages The latter line would only be displayed if the sources are detected to be on CDROM - if the CDROM is a smaller non-source one, it could be replaced by a note about the source homepage. Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
