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Post by hene193 on Feb 9, 2014 7:54:51 GMT -8
Hello
First I'm really sorry that I need to ask this simple question.
So I've this on my Raspberry Pi (I think it doesn't matter but still) and I need to install DOS and it is on multiple images. How do I change floppies? I use the runme script so I run it at local terminal. I've read those instructions on front page but I didn't understand them.
I know basic linux stuff so I'm pretty sure I don't need noob guide.
Thank you so much for helping me!
Edit: I do understand what is fd.img but what I do not is how do I change it while the emulator is running.
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Post by Adrian Cable on Feb 9, 2014 15:39:47 GMT -8
Hi, The easiest way to change floppies is to replace the fd.img file "as you go" with your new disk image. Remember to back up your original first though! For example, suppose you have two disk images disk1.img and disk2.img, and you are booting from fd.img, so 8086tiny will be run from the runme script like:
./8086tiny bios fd.img hd.img
To "insert" your disk 1, from another console, simply type:
cp disk1.img fd.img
Then you should be able to access your files on disk 1 immediately. When the installer prompts for disk 2, you can then type from another console:
cp disk2.img fd.img
Remember to put your original fd.img back when you are done.
I am thinking about how to make changing disks work nicer in a future release.
-Adrian
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Post by hene193 on Feb 11, 2014 10:46:40 GMT -8
It worked like it should. Simple. Thank you.
There is like zero reason to make it more nicer. This is so simple and it just works. Only thing I would like to see that there could be more easily said that in documentation. That would help new users a lot.
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Post by hene193 on Feb 11, 2014 12:29:37 GMT -8
Well this is odd. I can now install it but I've this problem where some characters are question marks. Is this normal? (MS DOS 6.22 and 5.00) I run it with runme. Is that dos too new?
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Post by roytam1 on Feb 11, 2014 16:25:03 GMT -8
Well this is odd. I can now install it but I've this problem where some characters are question marks. Is this normal? (MS DOS 6.22 and 5.00) I run it with runme. Is that dos too new? screenshot please.
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