[Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties
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 --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
RE: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties
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. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blair 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. --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
RE: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties
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 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Fisher Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:08 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties 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. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blair 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. --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
RE: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties
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 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernd Blaauw Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:55 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Difficulties 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 --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
