Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)
UPDATE It seems it installed in the USB installer itself! On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 8:06 PM kaye n wrote: > Thank you David and Jerome. > > I used my Linux operating system's Unetbootin to create the FreeDOS USB > installer. > > It failed to boot. So I logged back in to my Linux, created a boot flag > for the USB flash drive using GParted. > > It booted. > > There was a blue screen and I had only "Default" to choose from. Or I had > to press tab for more options. I chose default, no options about what > partition to install into, but it > installed without problems, although it took awhile, maybe 20 minutes. > > I logged back in to the Linux OS, executed this in terminal: > > sudo update-grub > > FreeDOS did not appear as one of the operating systems to choose from. > > I opened GParted and saw that the 1GB (that's one GB) fat32 partition of > the hard drive was empty (only 1.03MB was used). File Manager also shows > that the fat32 partition was empty. > > So where did FreeDOS installed to? Did it even install at all? > > Thank you for your time! > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:52 PM Jerome Shidel wrote: > >> On Mac, Linux & BSD, you can simply use the dd command line utility. >> Windows will require additional software. >> >> On *nix, if you’re USB drive is /dev/sdg then something like the >> following will do it: >> >> su umount /dev/sdg* >> su dd if=FD12FULL.img of=/dev/sdg >> >> Just make sure you write to the USB device and not you hard disk. >> >> > On Aug 19, 2019, at 6:43 AM, David McMackins >> wrote: >> > >> > vmdk is a virtual machine image for VMWare. You want to use the img >> > file. Use a disk imaging software to image your drive using the img file >> > as the image. >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > David E. McMackins II >> > www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com >> > >> >> On 8/19/19 5:39 AM, kaye n wrote: >> >> Hello Friends >> >> >> >> In http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page >> >> >> >> It says, >> >> *If your computer doesn't have a CDROM drive,* use the USB fob drive >> >> installer. Write this to a USB fob drive and boot it to start the >> >> install. The "Full" and "Lite" versions install the same FreeDOS, but >> >> the "Lite" installer does not contain some extra bonus software >> packages. >> >> >> >> How exactly do I do that? The file FD12FULL.zip contains three files: >> >> FD12FULL.img >> >> FD12FULL.vmdk >> >> README.md >> >> >> >> Do I just unzip these three to the USB flash drive and boot into the >> USB >> >> drive? >> >> I tried it and it didn't work. >> >> >> >> Sorry for my ignorance. >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> Freedos-user mailing list >> >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >> >> > >> > >> > ___ >> > Freedos-user mailing list >> > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >> >> >> ___ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)
Thank you David and Jerome. I used my Linux operating system's Unetbootin to create the FreeDOS USB installer. It failed to boot. So I logged back in to my Linux, created a boot flag for the USB flash drive using GParted. It booted. There was a blue screen and I had only "Default" to choose from. Or I had to press tab for more options. I chose default, no options about what partition to install into, but it installed without problems, although it took awhile, maybe 20 minutes. I logged back in to the Linux OS, executed this in terminal: sudo update-grub FreeDOS did not appear as one of the operating systems to choose from. I opened GParted and saw that the 1GB (that's one GB) fat32 partition of the hard drive was empty (only 1.03MB was used). File Manager also shows that the fat32 partition was empty. So where did FreeDOS installed to? Did it even install at all? Thank you for your time! On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:52 PM Jerome Shidel wrote: > On Mac, Linux & BSD, you can simply use the dd command line utility. > Windows will require additional software. > > On *nix, if you’re USB drive is /dev/sdg then something like the following > will do it: > > su umount /dev/sdg* > su dd if=FD12FULL.img of=/dev/sdg > > Just make sure you write to the USB device and not you hard disk. > > > On Aug 19, 2019, at 6:43 AM, David McMackins > wrote: > > > > vmdk is a virtual machine image for VMWare. You want to use the img > > file. Use a disk imaging software to image your drive using the img file > > as the image. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > David E. McMackins II > > www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com > > > >> On 8/19/19 5:39 AM, kaye n wrote: > >> Hello Friends > >> > >> In http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page > >> > >> It says, > >> *If your computer doesn't have a CDROM drive,* use the USB fob drive > >> installer. Write this to a USB fob drive and boot it to start the > >> install. The "Full" and "Lite" versions install the same FreeDOS, but > >> the "Lite" installer does not contain some extra bonus software > packages. > >> > >> How exactly do I do that? The file FD12FULL.zip contains three files: > >> FD12FULL.img > >> FD12FULL.vmdk > >> README.md > >> > >> Do I just unzip these three to the USB flash drive and boot into the USB > >> drive? > >> I tried it and it didn't work. > >> > >> Sorry for my ignorance. > >> Thank you for your time. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> Freedos-user mailing list > >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > >> > > > > > > ___ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)
vmdk is a virtual machine image for VMWare. You want to use the img file. Use a disk imaging software to image your drive using the img file as the image. Regards, David E. McMackins II www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com On 8/19/19 5:39 AM, kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends > > In http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page > > It says, > *If your computer doesn't have a CDROM drive,* use the USB fob drive > installer. Write this to a USB fob drive and boot it to start the > install. The "Full" and "Lite" versions install the same FreeDOS, but > the "Lite" installer does not contain some extra bonus software packages. > > How exactly do I do that? The file FD12FULL.zip contains three files: > FD12FULL.img > FD12FULL.vmdk > README.md > > Do I just unzip these three to the USB flash drive and boot into the USB > drive? > I tried it and it didn't work. > > Sorry for my ignorance. > Thank you for your time. > > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] (no subject)
Hello Friends In http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page It says, *If your computer doesn't have a CDROM drive,* use the USB fob drive installer. Write this to a USB fob drive and boot it to start the install. The "Full" and "Lite" versions install the same FreeDOS, but the "Lite" installer does not contain some extra bonus software packages. How exactly do I do that? The file FD12FULL.zip contains three files: FD12FULL.img FD12FULL.vmdk README.md Do I just unzip these three to the USB flash drive and boot into the USB drive? I tried it and it didn't work. Sorry for my ignorance. Thank you for your time. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] groups/sets of packages included in FreeDOS 1.3 RC-1
Ignore my last. I found FDIMPLES will install to its own RAM disk only if you try to use it after booting the Live CD in a situation where the OS was already installed. Instead of C: being the fixed disk where FDIMPLES wants install everything, the RAM disk grabs C: and it quickly fills up. Of course I could have used ASSIGN to swap drive letters. Booting to the HDD after the OS was installed and running FDIMPLES works as it should. On 2019-08-19 04:01, st...@vwebr.net wrote: > Noticed FDIMPLES doesn't give you a way to specify what drive is used to > install drives. > > I tried to install everything and it quickly ran out of space on the virtual > drive/RAM disk. > > I looked at the CLI option and didn't see any way to specify a destination. > > On 2019-08-18 15:17, Jerome Shidel wrote: > >> You can use FDIMPLES to browse and install the additional packages. Also, >> you can have it export those differences to a file. Then if you redo, >> upgrade or perform additional installs you can have it load that file to >> make the package changes you desire. This works for removing packages you >> never want or ones you want that aren't automatically installed. >> >> This could even be done during the initial FreeDOS install when running the >> OS installer in advance mode. >> ___ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] groups/sets of packages included in FreeDOS 1.3 RC-1
Virtualbox won't allow me to use Ctrl+C to get to advanced mode. I see no way to do that. On 2019-08-18 15:17, Jerome Shidel wrote: > You can use FDIMPLES to browse and install the additional packages. Also, you > can have it export those differences to a file. Then if you redo, upgrade or > perform additional installs you can have it load that file to make the > package changes you desire. This works for removing packages you never want > or ones you want that aren't automatically installed. > > This could even be done during the initial FreeDOS install when running the > OS installer in advance mode. > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] groups/sets of packages included in FreeDOS 1.3 RC-1
Noticed FDIMPLES doesn't give you a way to specify what drive is used to install drives. I tried to install everything and it quickly ran out of space on the virtual drive/RAM disk. I looked at the CLI option and didn't see any way to specify a destination. On 2019-08-18 15:17, Jerome Shidel wrote: > You can use FDIMPLES to browse and install the additional packages. Also, you > can have it export those differences to a file. Then if you redo, upgrade or > perform additional installs you can have it load that file to make the > package changes you desire. This works for removing packages you never want > or ones you want that aren't automatically installed. > > This could even be done during the initial FreeDOS install when running the > OS installer in advance mode. > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
