[Freedos-user] How create a booting freddos cd live

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iw2evk

2012-12-31 12:32:16 UTC

Hi at all,

whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting
live cd?

Thanks

iw2evk Roberto

P.s have a good 2013!!

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Bernd Blaauw

2012-12-31 16:51:19 UTC

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Post by iw2evk
Hi at all,
whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting
live cd?

There's no full-proof method yet as that also means specifying which
program you use to create the master ISO.

mkisofs -R -D -V "FreeDOS 1.0b" -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \

Post by iw2evk
./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
-boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./

is what Eric Auer once wrote, but specific to Linux.

If all you want to do is write a downloaded ISO to (re)writeable optical
disc, then use some CD recording program (CDRECORD or WODIM, or on
Windows programs like IMGBURN) and point them to your CD-image file
(FD11SRC.ISO or FDBOOTCD.ISO file).

CD-writing under DOS is very rare as most Unix-ported ISO9660-tools
depend on a SCSI subsystem, thus requiring a SCSI or ASPI driver for
your SCSI/IDE controller to which the CD-drive is connected. With no
publicly redistributable ASPI driver, people generally are out of luck.

Post by iw2evk
P.s have a good 2013!!

Same :)

Bernd

iw2evk

2012-12-31 18:11:59 UTC

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Hi and good 2013!

I've burning fdsrc1.1. from freedos site, but it'a a "Install only" disk.
I'm intersted to boot freedos from cd (for use in pc with loaded another
o.s..
I due change autorun.inf and setup.bat for starting boot of freedos from CD?
(live cd mode like linux distro)

Thanks

Roberto iw2evk

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Post by iw2evk
Hi at all,
whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting
live cd?

There's no full-proof method yet as that also means specifying which
program you use to create the master ISO.
mkisofs -R -D -V "FreeDOS 1.0b" -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \

Post by iw2evk
./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
-boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./

is what Eric Auer once wrote, but specific to Linux.
If all you want to do is write a downloaded ISO to (re)writeable optical
disc, then use some CD recording program (CDRECORD or WODIM, or on
Windows programs like IMGBURN) and point them to your CD-image file
(FD11SRC.ISO or FDBOOTCD.ISO file).
CD-writing under DOS is very rare as most Unix-ported ISO9660-tools
depend on a SCSI subsystem, thus requiring a SCSI or ASPI driver for
your SCSI/IDE controller to which the CD-drive is connected. With no
publicly redistributable ASPI driver, people generally are out of luck.

Post by iw2evk
P.s have a good 2013!!

Same :)
Bernd
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Bernd Blaauw

2012-12-31 18:22:41 UTC

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Post by iw2evk
Hi and good 2013!

Thanks, same to you. Couple of more hours to go here, in the Netherlands.

Post by iw2evk
I've burning fdsrc1.1. from freedos site, but it'a a "Install only" disk.
I'm intersted to boot freedos from cd (for use in pc with loaded another
o.s..

It's a bootable CD just like any Linux distro. The autorun.inf is for
additional Windows features, and trying to run SETUP.BAT should also
warn you that you can't run all of SETUP.BAT in Windows.

What the CD does, is getting started by BIOS. Then it loads Isolinux as
the bootloader, reads isolinux.cfg, shows a menu, loads a diskette image
into memory as drive A:, boots that, loads CD drivers, accesses the CD,
finds and executes SETUP.BAT on the CD.

Once SETUP.BAT is running it will show you an installation menu.

Just burn the FreeDOS ISO just like any random Linux ISO file.
("burn image" in ImageBurn program), not as some datafile
(and also don't extract the contents and put that on CD)

Bernd

Post by iw2evk
I due change autorun.inf and setup.bat for starting boot of freedos from CD?
(live cd mode like linux distro)

There's no need to change anything. Modifying CD content and recreating
an ISO is a tricky business.

Bernd

bruce.bowman tds.net

2013-01-01 00:00:07 UTC

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I can readily make you one. I'm not going to do it tonight, though. It is
new year's eve, after all.

Give me 24 hours and I'll provide a link to an ISO that you can download.
If you can give me some idea of what you plan to do with it I can better
accommodate you.

Be advised that FreeDOS will not be able to find any non-FAT partition on
your computer.

Bruce

Post by iw2evk
Hi at all,
whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting
live cd?
Thanks
iw2evk Roberto
P.s have a good 2013!!
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bruce.bowman tds.net

2013-01-01 00:43:22 UTC

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Just booting a CD and getting to a FreeDOS prompt is something I can
provide without difficulty. If you want to build a custom CD of some sort
using FreeDOS as the OS you can use the instructions at
http://www.k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf

Depending on what drivers etc you want to load you will have to build your
own floppy disk image using Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD).

Bruce

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iw2evk

2013-01-01 07:39:34 UTC

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Hi and happy 2013.

My simple request it :

A cd with latest freedos 1.1. full (no source)and utily files like doslfn
etc.
I boot the freedos from cd , then i can load usb utility from Breth and
manage programs located in USB key.
Only request it's XMS and EMS .
I use this configuration for programming via rs232 many kinds of
transceivers (Motorola, icom etc).
Thath's all..

Roberto

Post by bruce.bowman tds.net
Just booting a CD and getting to a FreeDOS prompt is something I can
provide without difficulty. If you want to build a custom CD of some sort
using FreeDOS as the OS you can use the instructions at
http://www.k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf
Depending on what drivers etc you want to load you will have to build your
own floppy disk image using Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD).
Bruce

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bruce.bowman tds.net

2013-01-01 15:12:06 UTC

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At its most basic, FreeDOS requires only kernel.sys and command.com. I have
some utilities, but I don't have all of them, and won't attempt to guess at
what you want (you can get them yourself at
http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=util).

However, I have put something online for you at
http://personalpages.tds.net/~ikc/dirtcheap/Roberto.zip

Unzip this file to your desktop. The "images" folder will later become the
root directory of your CD. Put whatever files you want in this folder, but
don't mess with the other stuff that's already in there. Double-click on
mkBootableCD.bat. It will create a CD image called myCD.iso. Burn that to a
disk and you'll have a functional FreeDOS live CD.

The utilities already on the floppy drive image are located in the bootdisk
folder, just for safekeeping. The actual floppy drive image (which becomes
drive A: on bootup) is boot.img in the ISOLINUX folder. This image can be
edited using the Virtual Floppy Drive software that I've supplied (look in
the VFD2.1 folder). Obviously this floppy image cannot hold more than 1.44
MB, so be judicious with what you put in there.

The CD itself will show up as the Y: drive after bootup. For convenience
I've also loaded a 5-MB RAMdrive as drive Z: and copied the command
interpreter in there so it will run faster. The path is currently set to
search drives A:, Y: and Z:. FreeDOS should also find any other physical
partitions on your computer that are in a FAT format, but I'm not
guaranteeing it.

If you want to put other files on the RAMdrive or launch extra TSRs or
generally have something else happen at bootup just edit the file
WRAPPER.BAT. Loading additional device drivers, however, will require
editing CONFIG.SYS then copying that (and the driver) to boot.img using VFD.

For your convenience I've also placed a file in there called
Making_A_Bootable_CD_V15.pdf. This pdf was captured from the web page that
I told you about earlier and should provide some additional guidance if you
want to do further modifications.

Happy New Year,
Bruce

Post by iw2evk
Hi and happy 2013.
A cd with latest freedos 1.1. full (no source)and utily files like doslfn
etc.
I boot the freedos from cd , then i can load usb utility from Breth and
manage programs located in USB key.
Only request it's XMS and EMS .
I use this configuration for programming via rs232 many kinds of
transceivers (Motorola, icom etc).
Thath's all..
Roberto

your

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own floppy disk image using Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD).
Bruce

Post by iw2evk
Hi at all,
whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting
live cd?
Thanks
iw2evk Roberto
P.s have a good 2013!!
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iw2evk

2013-01-02 08:56:18 UTC

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Hi Bruce,

i've download your package, but i've a problem.
I running Pupy linux lucid, so the package don't start (also if i use WINE).
I've download and extract files on root, then ,with my cd editor i've burned
the contents of folder Images with subfolder, but when i boot from cd
nothing appear.The notebook seem dead (search on cd and hang up, no isolinux
start).
I suppose i due setting some command for make the cd bootable, but PBurn
don't display this command.
Can you create for me a zip file with right iso image (in dos add FDAPM and
last DEVLOAD version) , so i can burn directly the cd?

P.s. i suppose can be intersting also for others users ,and can be place in
Fd distro page under description "FD 1.1. LIVE CD ONLY".

Thanks

Roberto

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bruce.bowman tds.net

2013-01-02 14:38:38 UTC

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What I sent you is not a CD image. You have to build the image first using
mkBootableCD.bat, then burn the resulting file myCD.iso.

It seems unlikely that this will work on a Linux machine. If you can't find
a Windows machine then someone else will have to help you.

Sorry,
Bruce

Post by iw2evk
Hi Bruce,
i've download your package, but i've a problem.
I running Pupy linux lucid, so the package don't start (also if i use WINE).
I've download and extract files on root, then ,with my cd editor i've burned
the contents of folder Images with subfolder, but when i boot from cd
nothing appear.The notebook seem dead (search on cd and hang up, no isolinux
start).
I suppose i due setting some command for make the cd bootable, but PBurn
don't display this command.
Can you create for me a zip file with right iso image (in dos add FDAPM and
last DEVLOAD version) , so i can burn directly the cd?
P.s. i suppose can be intersting also for others users ,and can be place in
Fd distro page under description "FD 1.1. LIVE CD ONLY".
Thanks
Roberto
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