DOS ain't dead - FreeDOS Install

NorbyDroid

30.09.2021, 21:20

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Howdy everyone. I am looking for verification and letting everyone know my results with the install.

I downloaded the latest FreeDOS 1.3-RC4 and installed it on both real hardware (32 bit 2 ghz 2gb ram laptop/tablet using an SD card to sata adapter as internal storage) and in virtualbox and I get the same results.

Installing via Full Install Apps and Games will successfully install and run perfectly. When I install using Full Install including sources, it goes to 98% and crashes with a red error about “base\htmlhelp”. This happens on every attempt both real and virtual hardware I have tried/tested.

Has anyone else had this issue, or is it juston my end (bad downloads or something is always a possibility).

Thank you.

Berlin, Germany,
30.09.2021, 22:19

@ NorbyDroid

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> I downloaded the latest FreeDOS 1.3-RC4 and installed it on both real
> hardware (32 bit 2 ghz 2gb ram laptop/tablet using an SD card to sata
> adapter as internal storage) and in virtualbox and I get the same results.
>
> Installing via Full Install Apps and Games will successfully install and
> run perfectly. When I install using Full Install including sources, it
> goes to 98% and crashes with a red error about “base\htmlhelp”. This
> happens on every attempt both real and virtual hardware I have
> tried/tested.
>
> Has anyone else had this issue, or is it juston my end (bad downloads or
> something is always a possibility).

I think, this has been reported here: https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/311/

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NorbyDroid 30.09.2021, 22:23 @ rr	FreeDOS Install Post reply
	> I think, this has been reported here: > https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/311/ Thank you. I did not see that. You are correct.