Okay, maybe I'll try to describe more detailed in what happened to my installation.
1. I created a new virtual machine in MS Virtual PC 2004, selected other as Operating System, and booted with FreeDOS (fdbootcd.iso).
2. I reached FreeDOS startup screen (similar to Reup's first picture above). I just pressed Enter to boot.
3. There are 3 choices to make:
(1) Run FDISK to create at least 1 active primary partition ("drive C:") that uses the FAT(12/16/32) filesystem to store programs and data
(2) Skip running Fdisk and continue SETUP
(3) Reboot system
I picked option (1)
4. I was asked whether I want to use large disk (FAT32) support. I replied yes.
5. I reached the screen on FDISK Options, with 4 choices to make:
(1) Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
(2) Set Active partition
(3) Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
(4) Display partition information
I picked option (1)
6. I reached the screen on Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive, with 3 choices to make:
(1) Create Primary DOS Partition
(2) Create Extended DOS Partition
(3) Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition
I picked option (1)
7. On question "Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary DOS Partition and make the partition active (Y/N)?" I replied Y.
8. There's a confirmation screen that drive C partition was created. I pressed ESC key to continue.
9. The screen returned to FDISK Options screen. I pressed ESC key again to exit FDISK.
10. The sreen said that "System will now restart. Press any key when ready..." so I did press any key and it restarted.
11. I returned to FreeDOS startup screen, then it flashed a few times to a new screen giving two options to pick:
C - Continue FreeDOS SETUP
R - Run program(s) from commandline
I picked C.
12. There's a Format screen, with warning that all data on non-removable disk drive C: will be lost. I proceeded with Format.
13. Format process went on okay.
14. I reached the Alternative installation media screen, with question on "Please select how to install FreeDOS" and 5 choices:
(0) Access cdrom through loaded driver (default after 5s)
(1) Install FreeDOS Distribution from diskettes
(2) Specify name of directory to use as installation source
(3) Specify name of ISO file to be used as installation source
(4) Let me specify extra cdrom-driver(s)
Usually before I even had time to pick any choice, the default (0) already selected automatically.
15. I reached FreeDOS beta9 ("Methusalem") cdrom distribution, with 5 choices:
(1) Configure FreeDOS installation settings
(2) Run FreeDOS from CD-ROM (return to command prompt)
(3) Create FreeDOS boot floppy (1.44MB)
(v) View the Install text for using this CD-ROM (Press ESC key to exit the viewer)
® Reboot
I picked (1).
16. It was then that I encountered error message "Invalid Opcode at 3269 2A35 0402 0667 31C9 0879 FEE4 FE74 035A 2A35 25FF 0B0B 3C9 " and "Invalid Opcode at 31C8 4355 5006 4320 4D4F 0000 7500 7E47 0033 0000 4000 BE62 132" as I described in the original posting above.
So, I have never reached the installer screen as in Reup's second picture above.
Any ideas?
|