> On Feb 11, 2019, at 11:49 PM, Andy Stamp <luigi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:34 PM Andy Stamp <luigi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 6:32 PM Random Liegh via Freedos-devel >>> <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>> Hi, thanks for replying. >>> >>> On 2/11/2019 11:17 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote: >>> > >>> >> On Feb 11, 2019, at 1:37 PM, Random Liegh via Freedos-devel >>> >> <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> I just tried to boot FD13LGCY in virtualbox and got (what is to me) the >>> >> weirdest error: https://imgur.com/a/EENC2Xf (screenshot) >>> >> >>> >> As a user, I would expect something labelled "legacy" to behave the same >>> >> way previous versions behaved. Meaning, I would expect that image to >>> >> boot into an installer of some sort the way 1.2 did. >>> > You cannot use either the 1.2 or 1.3 Legacy CD with VirtualBox. They is a >>> > compatibility issue when you VirtualBox + Original El Torito Boot CD + >>> > FreeDOS/Drivers. >>> > >>> > Who the actual bug belongs to is unknown. But I suspect it is in >>> > VirtualBox somewhere. >>> > >>> > The installer knows you have booted the LGCY CD under VirtualBox. So, >>> > instead of continuing until the system freezes, it immediately drops out >>> > with that error message. >>> > >>> > You should use a normal (either LiveCD) to install in VirtualBox. >>> > >>> > Note, there is another VirtualBox issue I discovered as well. >>> > >>> > If you boot the LiveCD2 as a Live version of FreeDOS. You cannot just >>> > reboot and switch to Install FreeDOS on the boot menu. If you switch from >>> > one to the other You must power down the VM. Or, the system will crash at >>> > some point. This should not be the case, but it is. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for the heads' up! >>> >>> >> I ran through a quick test install on virtualbox 6/windows 10 host with >>> >> both of the live cds. 500mb virtual hard disks, 44mb of ram. Both >>> >> installs worked without much in the way of glitches. >>> >> >>> >> I didn't try the live disk option in virtualbox. >>> >> >>> >> Personally, I feel like it would cause less confusion to have the >>> >> "install" option on the menu above the "live cd" option -but perhaps >>> >> that's bikeshedding. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> I tried installing on qemu and ran into the same problem that's already >>> >> been mentioned; it's unable to locate the installation files. Both cds >>> >> fail in the same point in the installer using Qemu, wether I use 44mb or >>> >> 128mb. >>> >> >>> >> Trying the live cd (cd2) I got the following error while booting: >>> >> https://gyazo.com/fff7bfa4dc696b7ea965a625ed7c6e74 >>> >> >>> >> The command line I used for qemu is: >>> >> >>> >> qemu-system-i386 -m 128 -hda \fd13rc1.vdi -cdrom FD13LIVE.ISO -boot d >>> >> >>> >> (fd13rc1.vdi had already been created using qemu-img) >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> I'm running both qemu and virtualbox on a windows 10 home edition >>> >> computer. >>> >> >>> > This is very interesting. Are you all running the latest version of QEMU? >>> > If so, you all should get the same result (good or bad). >>> >>> I'm running Qemu 3.1.0, 64 bit, from https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/ >>> ...the Dec 11 2018 build (which, as far as I know, is the latest for >>> windows). >>> >>> I've compiled a more recent version in Linux; but I wouldn't use that >>> for testing because it's inside of a virtual machine (which might lead >>> to unpredictable, possibly un-reproducible results). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedos-devel mailing list >>> Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> >> Not sure if this is useful, but I was able to install a full system in >> VirtualBox 6.0.2 using the FD13FLOP.IMG floppy image and FD13LGCY.ISO CD >> image at the same time. >> >> I generally stick to the basic installer or just a boot disk + fdinst, but >> am downloading the live CD 1 to see what it's like. >> >> -- >> --Andy > > Apologies, I didn't realize that the live CDs could also be used as just an > installer CD. > If using as just an installer CD is there any difference between the 2 live > CDs?
No. The menu boot option to install loads the same image on either LiveCD. > > -- > --Andy > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
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