Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS with Bootcamp on a Mac

[Rugxulo]

Hi,

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Eric Gorr  wrote:
>
> I was just wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to install FreeDOS on 
> Mac and,
> if it was possible, had instructions for how to do so.

Have you tried bootable USB?

> I have a MacPro Mid 2012 and am running El Capitan. I have an internal 250gb 
> HD which I can
> wholly dedicate to this purpose and can prepare it however I would need to.

250 GB might be overkill.   ;-)

> What I am able to do is create a bootable DVD from the FreeDOS iso and boot 
> from that on my
> Mac. However, when I get to the point of installing the FreeDOS kernel, the 
> FreeDOS installer
> presents me with and error and tells me that it has failed.

You don't absolutely need an installer at all.

fdisk, (reboot), format, sys, (download or copy files)

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Re: [Freedos-user] Drive Mapping SWSUBST

[Rugxulo]

i,

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 11:58 AM, dosgeek57  wrote:
>
> I am working on a dedicated server. So far I have managed to successfully
> install WordPerfect Office LAN, my LAN PowerMenu and LAN version of Lotus
> 1-2-3 version 2.3. All programs are accessible to at least 2 client
> machines.
> SWSUBST F: C: is loaded during the autoexec & before STARTNET (for
> maintenance and installation of programs). I find myself occasionally
> accessing c: and causing a share lock, crash or something similar.

It's been a few years since I have actively used SUBST. The very few
times in recent memory that I tried under FreeDOS, it sadly just
didn't work, too buggy. I don't know why. (Kernel regression? PEBKAC?)

Unfortunately, there is no current maintainer, and it's dated back to
2002. So I don't know who to point you to for better help.

Try re-reading this, just to make sure you know the usage details:

http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/base/subst.htm

> My question is this: Is there any way (via ENV variable or other means) to
> null the C: drive and have everything point to my F: drive?

Although I haven't used it, SRDISK ("UTIL") contains a SRDUMMY.SYS
device driver for its own purposes, meant to use up drive letters to
get the desired letter as next freely available. So you could maybe
try that:

http://www.freedos.org/software/?prog=srdisk
https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/ramdisk/srdisk/srdsk209c.zip

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[Freedos-user] Drive Mapping SWSUBST

[dosgeek57]

I am working on a dedicated server. So far I have managed to successfully
install WordPerfect Office LAN, my LAN PowerMenu and LAN version of Lotus
1-2-3 version 2.3. All programs are accessible to at least 2 client
machines.
SWSUBST F: C: is loaded during the autoexec & before STARTNET (for
maintenance and installation of programs). I find myself occasionally
accessing c: and causing a share lock, crash or something similar.

My question is this: Is there any way (via ENV variable or other means) to
null the C: drive and have everything point to my F: drive? 



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Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS with Bootcamp on a Mac

[Louis Santillan]

What error message did you get?

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Eric Gorr  wrote:

> I was just wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to install FreeDOS
> on Mac and, if it was possible, had instructions for how to do so.
>
> I have a MacPro Mid 2012 and am running El Capitan. I have an internal
> 250gb HD which I can wholly dedicate to this purpose and can prepare it
> however I would need to.
>
> I did find a couple of sets of instructions:
>
>
> http://randomcomputerbits.blogspot.com/2008/02/tutorial-installing-freedos-on-intel.html
> http://freedos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/VirtualBox_-_Chapter_5
>
> What I am able to do is create a bootable DVD from the FreeDOS iso and
> boot from that on my Mac. However, when I get to the point of installing
> the FreeDOS kernel, the FreeDOS installer presents me with and error and
> tells me that it has failed.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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[Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS with Bootcamp on a Mac

[Eric Gorr]

I was just wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to install FreeDOS on 
Mac and, if it was possible, had instructions for how to do so.

I have a MacPro Mid 2012 and am running El Capitan. I have an internal 250gb HD 
which I can wholly dedicate to this purpose and can prepare it however I would 
need to.

I did find a couple of sets of instructions:

http://randomcomputerbits.blogspot.com/2008/02/tutorial-installing-freedos-on-intel.html
http://freedos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/VirtualBox_-_Chapter_5

What I am able to do is create a bootable DVD from the FreeDOS iso and boot 
from that on my Mac. However, when I get to the point of installing the FreeDOS 
kernel, the FreeDOS installer presents me with and error and tells me that it 
has failed.





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