DOS ain't dead

New to FreeDOS (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 20.05.2020, 22:21

(forwarded from Jim Hall via email):

> If you have the installation CDROM loaded when you run FDIMPLES,
> then you'll get the option to browse and install other packages.
>
> If you do not have the installation CDROM loaded when you run FDIMPLES,
> then you'll get exactly what ipahme sees.
>
> So I think ipahme did a Full install of FreeDOS 1.2, but upon reboot
> Virtualbox probably disconnected the FreeDOS 1.2 installation CDROM image.
> (I just did a complete reinstall of FreeDOS 1.2 Full and intentionally
> disconnected the ISO when I rebooted - and I got exactly this.)
>
> To fix:
>
> 1. Tell Virtualbox to use the ISO as the CDROM image
> 2. Reboot

BTW ....

FreeDOS 1.3-rc2 (release candidate 2, not final release) is much newer than 1.2 and presumably recommended instead.

You may also find interesting Jim's FreeDOS YouTube channel.

Complete thread:

• New to FreeDOS - ipahme, 19.05.2020, 18:09
  • New to FreeDOS - rr, 19.05.2020, 21:25
    • New to FreeDOS - ipahme, 19.05.2020, 22:10
      • New to FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 20.05.2020, 22:21