From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Sep 25 18: 1:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6562514D08 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 18:01:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 20422 invoked from network); 26 Sep 1999 01:01:15 -0000 Received: from userar23.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.136.182) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 26 Sep 1999 01:01:15 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id BAA03482; Sun, 26 Sep 1999 01:52:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 01:52:29 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Marc Schneiders Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [slightly OT] Win 95 upgrade CD & bochs Message-ID: <19990926015229.B3384@marder-1> References: <19990926013323.F2759@marder-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 02:50:35AM +0200, Marc Schneiders wrote: > On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > OK, this is a Windows question but since it's related to getting > > bochs up and running it's FreeBSD related as well. > > > > Does anyone know how Win95 determines whether you have a valid OS > > installed before it will "upgrade" to 95? > > > > I've got bochs installed an now am trying to install 95 but my CD > > is and upgrade version and it keeps bombing out because it can't > > find an OS that it valid to "upgrade" from on the hard disk. > > > > Unfortunately I gave away my DOS 6.22 floppies so I can't put that > > on. > > > > I've copied MSDOS.DOS, IO.DOS, COMMAND.DOS from my real C: (renaming > > them to *.SYS) and I've run FDISK /MBR, but still it complains. > > > > How do I get around it? Anyone know? > > You need the first floppy of Windows 3.1 (perhaps 3.0 will also do) not > DOS and insert that when prompted. I realize that you do not need to install it, as you say the first disk will suffice. The problem is that I gave my DOS 6.22 and Win3.1 floppies away without keeping copies (never thought I'd need them. I'm looking for a workround. Curiously my *real* drive C: has a WinNT boot sector and when I trashed the C: drive (don't ask) this same CD re-installed without a problem yet NT4 post-dates 95. I *think* that it looks for keywords in the MBR ("DOS", "WIN" etc.) > You do *not* have to install it first. > There are also CD's (in fact most I've seen are) full version, not > upgrade. What you might have is the very first version of 95. It is > the buggiest..., but it installs and runs on 4MB. Maybe try to find a > newer CD (with copyright date 1996 on it) or Windows98 (too heavy on RAM)?? > Unfortunately mine is the upgrade version and most other people I've asked also have the upgrade CD. > Marc > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message