Re: [Freedos-user] Minor issue with Beta9SR2 ISO Image

2006-03-25 Thread HowardDavies3010
I downloaded the ISO file on two separate occasions and burned both images using Nero 7.0   No problems noted - both disks had the following properties   Used Space:   12,875,776  bytes    12.2  MB   freedos Folder: 581 Files   isolinux Folder: 16 files   Two Drive Root Files:   (1)  a

[Freedos-user] FOLLOW UP - SOLUTION TO INSTALLATION PROBLEM

2006-03-25 Thread HowardDavies3010
Within the past hour or so, I have received a few e-Mails   Maybe I could have been a little clearer the first time around   The bug is not at the first option screen where you see the fish screen   The bug is at the next option choice that blows by so fast (3 seconds) that the user may or m

[Freedos-user] re: solution found for installation problem

2006-03-25 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, Howard explained the problem in more detail... MENU [1] Load XMSdriver [2] SafeMode [3] Ask me (default) [4] HIMEM+EMM386 MENUDEFAULT=3,2 the default is "Ask me", it is selected after only 2 seconds, and it is broken. The "safe mode" just brings you to a prompt, where you can install ma

[Freedos-user] SOLUTION FOUND FOR INSTALLATION PROBLEM

2006-03-25 Thread HowardDavies3010
  After a couple of days of trying to install FreeDOS from the downloadable CD, I am happy to announce some success   Here is what I have found and my suggestions to work around the current problem until it is fixed   As soon as the downloaded bootable CD is booted up, you will see a backgro

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

2006-03-25 Thread Michael Devore
At 02:07 PM 3/25/2006 -0600, I wrote: As an alternate choice, you might try locating the actual problem, which likely is not within EMM386 itself, rather than telling people to use obsolete versions of software which won't fix the underlying problem and which fail to provide a full range of mac

[Freedos-user] Minor issue with Beta9SR2 ISO Image

2006-03-25 Thread Nick Bright
It appears that the ISO file for the Beta9SR2 download was created from an 800MB disk. When I try to burn to a 650MB CDRW Nero 6 Ultra refuses to write the disk citing that it is too small for the image, even though the actual ISO file is 122MB or so. I merely email the list to suggest that the

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

2006-03-25 Thread Michael Devore
At 10:55 PM 3/21/2006 +, FreeDOS Ankreuzen wrote: Yes on some mainbords PC s with PENTIUM II, there is a problem to install FDOS BETA 9SR2 from CD. If it s possibel use a Bootdisk with old FreeDOS Version and pre-install FreeDOS manually. Please tell me if you are using a Pentium II or whic

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

2006-03-25 Thread JeffM.
I am not using a PII. I am using an Abit KD7E with an AMD Athlon xp 1800 and sr2 won't install. sr1 and several previous releases work. Jeff On Tuesday 21 March 2006 22:55, FreeDOS Ankreuzen wrote: > Yes on some mainbords PC s with PENTIUM II, there is a problem > to install FDOS BETA 9SR2 from C

Re: [Freedos-user] INSTALLATION fdbeta9sr1

2006-03-25 Thread FreeDOS Ankreuzen
http://ankreuzen.de/freedos/files/fd9sr1/fdbootcd.zip or at ibiblio in the freedos software distributions -- Arachne mail - FreeDOS - deutsch - http://ankreuzen.de -- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting langu

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Problem

2006-03-25 Thread FreeDOS Ankreuzen
Yes on some mainbords PC s with PENTIUM II, there is a problem to install FDOS BETA 9SR2 from CD. If it s possibel use a Bootdisk with old FreeDOS Version and pre-install FreeDOS manually. Please tell me if you are using a Pentium II or which Mainboard it is. I ve this problem with a pentium II