[Freedos-user] Problems installing FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 On my 486
Hello! I have problems installing the new FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 on my old 486 SL with 4mb RAM. I've been using FreeDOS on the computer before, so i figured that there wouldn't be any problems installing SR2 on it. As the drive was already formatted since before, i didn't format the harddrive before beginning the installation. I have no CD-rom drive, so i have to use the disksets provided on you site. The problem is that it halts when trying to run textinstall.exe.. It complains about that i can't find the file and then aborts the installation. I've checked the disks one and two times and they are valid. I've also tried to use clean, new floppies to write the images to, but same result. Has anyone managed to install the SR2 from the diskset, and if so, did you have any problems? Would be great if you could help med get this working.. Thanks! --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Problems installing FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 On my 486
BIAF wrote: Hi, This is just a maybe but does your drive 'only' support Xmode/2 (Old Drives Mainly) then try buring this nero image to a cd, as I found the .iso one having empty folders after burn and no able to change dir etc, http://omalogic.com/freedos/fdb9sr2-x2mode.nri Hope this helps, BIAF Hello! I have problems installing the new FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 on my old 486 SL with 4mb RAM. I've been using FreeDOS on the computer before, so i figured that there wouldn't be any problems installing SR2 on it. As the drive was already formatted since before, i didn't format the harddrive before beginning the installation. I have no CD-rom drive, so i have to use the disksets provided on you site. The problem is that it halts when trying to run textinstall.exe.. It complains about that i can't find the file and then aborts the installation. I've checked the disks one and two times and they are valid. I've also tried to use clean, new floppies to write the images to, but same result. Has anyone managed to install the SR2 from the diskset, and if so, did you have any problems? Would be great if you could help med get this working.. Thanks! --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user Hi! Im using the floppies distribution for installing, since i havent got a cd-rom for the computer i use. It's one of those slimmed desktop computers... I've been using the cd-rom iso though, on another computer, and that worked far more smooth than the floppy install does :P Thanks anyway! /Magnus --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Problems installing FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 On my 486
Have you tried the single 1.44mb image of freeDOS, works a treat for me : http://fdos.org/ripcord/beta9sr2/fdos1440.img and is your hard disk new you said? maybe it needs a FreedDOS format? BIAF, BIAF wrote: Hi, This is just a maybe but does your drive 'only' support Xmode/2 (Old Drives Mainly) then try buring this nero image to a cd, as I found the .iso one having empty folders after burn and no able to change dir etc, http://omalogic.com/freedos/fdb9sr2-x2mode.nri Hope this helps, BIAF Hello! I have problems installing the new FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 on my old 486 SL with 4mb RAM. I've been using FreeDOS on the computer before, so i figured that there wouldn't be any problems installing SR2 on it. As the drive was already formatted since before, i didn't format the harddrive before beginning the installation. I have no CD-rom drive, so i have to use the disksets provided on you site. The problem is that it halts when trying to run textinstall.exe.. It complains about that i can't find the file and then aborts the installation. I've checked the disks one and two times and they are valid. I've also tried to use clean, new floppies to write the images to, but same result. Has anyone managed to install the SR2 from the diskset, and if so, did you have any problems? Would be great if you could help med get this working.. Thanks! --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user Hi! Im using the floppies distribution for installing, since i havent got a cd-rom for the computer i use. It's one of those slimmed desktop computers... I've been using the cd-rom iso though, on another computer, and that worked far more smooth than the floppy install does :P Thanks anyway! /Magnus --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Problems installing FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 On my 486
BIAF wrote: Have you tried the single 1.44mb image of freeDOS, works a treat for me : http://fdos.org/ripcord/beta9sr2/fdos1440.img and is your hard disk new you said? maybe it needs a FreedDOS format? BIAF, BIAF wrote: Hi, This is just a maybe but does your drive 'only' support Xmode/2 (Old Drives Mainly) then try buring this nero image to a cd, as I found the .iso one having empty folders after burn and no able to change dir etc, http://omalogic.com/freedos/fdb9sr2-x2mode.nri Hope this helps, BIAF Hello! I have problems installing the new FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 on my old 486 SL with 4mb RAM. I've been using FreeDOS on the computer before, so i figured that there wouldn't be any problems installing SR2 on it. As the drive was already formatted since before, i didn't format the harddrive before beginning the installation. I have no CD-rom drive, so i have to use the disksets provided on you site. The problem is that it halts when trying to run textinstall.exe.. It complains about that i can't find the file and then aborts the installation. I've checked the disks one and two times and they are valid. I've also tried to use clean, new floppies to write the images to, but same result. Has anyone managed to install the SR2 from the diskset, and if so, did you have any problems? Would be great if you could help med get this working.. Thanks! --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user Hi! Im using the floppies distribution for installing, since i havent got a cd-rom for the computer i use. It's one of those slimmed desktop computers... I've been using the cd-rom iso though, on another computer, and that worked far more smooth than the floppy install does :P Thanks anyway! /Magnus --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user No, im running the freedos bootfloppie in the floppies directory, i think the image is called FDB9BOOT01.img something... I might as well try the single image that you suggested.. Ill do so tomorrow.. My harddrive isnt new, i just formatted it when i put my computer away, the idea was to use the drive in another computer, but i never did. I've been trying to format using the ODIN disk of the previous release, and there was no change.. :( --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Problems installing FreeDOS Beta9 Service Release #2 On my 486
Magnus Wild schreef: Has anyone managed to install the SR2 from the diskset, and if so, did you have any problems? Would be great if you could help med get this working.. nobody has succeeded, as textinst.exe is missing from the diskettes. I'm working on fixing this. Next version won't have need for LOCATE.COM, so there's enough free space on the bootdisk again for INSTALL.EXE in other words: Beta9SR2 is cd-rom only, as most recent FreeDOS distro's are. upcoming (and delayed, I'll never set release dates again!) FreeDOS 1.0 Preview 1 will have working diskette installation. Bernd -- Efficiency is intelligent lazyness --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
