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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / November 2007Virtual PC 6.1, MS-DOS and Additions
I want to run MS-DOS 6.22 on VPC 6.1 on Mac OSX 10.3.6 I need to run a .exe prog which I have on my OSX desktop, but am unable to access the Shared Folders function to install it in my Virtual DOS machine. I've tried clicking on Install Additions in the bottom bar but nothing happens. Where can I get hold of Additions for DOS, given that my CD for Virtual PC has Windows XP Home on it? I've done a fairly major internet trawl, learnt a lot about VPC, but no luck. >I want to run MS-DOS 6.22 on VPC 6.1 on Mac OSX 10.3.6 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Virtual PC has Windows XP Home on it? I've done a fairly major internet >trawl, learnt a lot about VPC, but no luck. I don't think there were DOS Additions distributed with any version of VPC 6. You can get the DOS Additions disk image from my site here: http://www.essjae.com/VPC/dosadditions.vfd There is no link to it, you'll need the one above. You need to mount this to the floppy drive in VPC, then run the DOSADD.BAT from the A: drive. This will give you fshare.exe which will allow you to use shared folders. Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows Website: http://www.essjae.com *** All posts are provided AS-IS, no warranty, no QoS *** > I want to run MS-DOS 6.22 on VPC 6.1 on Mac OSX 10.3.6 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Virtual PC has Windows XP Home on it? I've done a fairly major internet > trawl, learnt a lot about VPC, but no luck. Hi Perhaps a DOS emulator is what you need: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 / fredrik I can't speak for 6.x, but with my 7.0 CD, the DOS additions are in the Manuals & Tools folder on the install CD. > I want to run MS-DOS 6.22 on VPC 6.1 on Mac OSX 10.3.6 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Virtual PC has Windows XP Home on it? I've done a fairly major internet > trawl, learnt a lot about VPC, but no luck. Ah, that's where they are. I was just looking inside the VPC app. I was sure I'd seen them somewhere in VPC7, but couldn't remember. Thanks for the info. >I can't speak for 6.x, but with my 7.0 CD, the DOS additions are in >the Manuals & Tools folder on the install CD. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Virtual PC has Windows XP Home on it? I've done a fairly major internet >> trawl, learnt a lot about VPC, but no luck. Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows Website: http://www.essjae.com *** All posts are provided AS-IS, no warranty, no QoS *** There are DOS additions in the Manuals & Tools folder on the VPC7 cd, but they are not included in the extras folder on the VPC 6.1 cd, the additional files cd, or anywhere else I looked. >Ah, that's where they are. I was just looking inside the VPC app. I >was sure I'd seen them somewhere in VPC7, but couldn't remember. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Website: http://www.essjae.com >*** All posts are provided AS-IS, no warranty, no QoS *** Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows Website: http://www.essjae.com *** All posts are provided AS-IS, no warranty, no QoS *** Steve, You're most kind - thanks for the link posted earlier. I discovered your website amongst others on my internet trawl and found it very illuminating. Thanks once again, hope I can get my prog running now. Cheers and best wishes Lux Hi Lux & all, I see that all posts stopped as of '04, but I've searched 'everywhere' and cannot find a better forum to post to. Background: Install DOS (v6.22 and later also WfW 3.11) on VPC 7.0.3 on OS X 10.4.10 on a PowerPC-based Mac (15" PowerBook G4 alu). I have the original 3.5" floppies and an external USB floppy drive. But VPC simply won't load anything from the floppy drive - instead, I consistently experience http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825414/en-us. And YES, I've verified all preparations within VPC. - Any help would be dearly appreciated! > I want to run MS-DOS 6.22 on VPC 6.1 on Mac OSX 10.3.6 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Virtual PC has Windows XP Home on it? I've done a fairly major internet > trawl, learnt a lot about VPC, but no luck. >Hi Lux & all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >- Any help would be dearly appreciated! Is the floppy disk being captured correctly? Have you tried manually capturing the boot floppy and resetting the VM?  SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:22:05 -0800, torkveen > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVPhttp://vpc.essjae.com/ > I do not work for Microsoft. I've seen this happen before. UNMOUNT the floppy drive on the Mac side and VPC will pick it up. |
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