itch.iohttp://itch.iohttps://itch.io/t/2893321/cannot-boot-using-hard-disk-imageCannot boot using hard disk imagehttps://itch.io/t/2893321/cannot-boot-using-hard-disk-imageWed, 31 May 2023 22:12:33 GMTWed, 31 May 2023 22:12:33 GMTWed, 31 May 2023 22:12:33 GMTHello,

I cannot get virtualxt to boot off my hard disk image.  I have version 0.8 with the SDL2 frontend installed on my Slackware machine and am trying to start the VM as follows:


$ ./virtualxt --hdboot -c hdisks/freedos.dd


First, I created the freedos.dd image file, which is 100 MB in size, with the GNU dd command.  I made the hdisks directory for storing my hard disk images in the root location for virtualxt, which is /opt/virtualxt on my machine.

Next, I booted off the provided freedos.img floppy with freedos.dd provided as the hard drive:


$ ./virtualxt -a boot/freedos.img -c hdisks/freedos.dd


Then, I used the FreeDOS FDISK utility to create a DOS partition that is activated for booting.

After that, per FDISK's output, I rebooted the VM off the floppy image again. I then used the FreeDOS FORMAT utility on the new C: drive:

A:\> FORMAT C: /S

After that, I copied the contents of A: to C: via the FreeDOS COPY and XCOPY utilities. Using the command and arguments as stated at the top of my post, I see the BIOS start up with the memory check followed by a blank, black screen.

What might I be doing wrong?

]]>https://itch.io/t/2835474/disk-image-questionsDisk Image Questionshttps://itch.io/t/2835474/disk-image-questionsFri, 05 May 2023 17:29:04 GMTFri, 05 May 2023 17:29:04 GMTFri, 05 May 2023 17:29:04 GMTThis app seems to be perfect for my needs, so thank you for creating it! I'm having some issues figuring out the best way to load more software, however. It seems like I can either boot with the default FreeDOS-based image, or specify my own floppy or HD image, but not both at the same time. I would like to be able to mount a second hard drive or at least a floppy image to be able to copy more software onto the VM. I tried creating my own HD image with dosbox-x, but I can't use it with VirtualXT since it tries to boot off of it, and I don't know how I can make it bootable from dosbox.

I finally ended up downloading the FreeDOS image from your git repo, and modifying that in dosbox to add software. Since it was already at capacity, I had to delete some other stuff to make room for it.

Anyway, I just wanted to know if there was a better way to transfer files that I don't know about? Thanks!

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