Create a New Virtual Machine using the default settings
Start the virtual machine, and capture the fdbasecd.iso
Reset the virtual machine
Select 1. Boot FreeDos from CD-ROM
Select 1. Install to harddisk using FreeDOS SETUP
Choose your language
Prepare the (virtual) harddisk for FreeDOS by running XFDisk
Create a new primary partition (64Mb would be a good start, depending
on how many programs you want to install)
Write the partition table
After the reset Continue to Boot FreeDOS from CD-ROM
Install to harddisk
Choose your language
Format harddisk (don't worry - it's a virtual harddisk!)
Continue with installation
Boot from harddisk
Select option 1: Load FreeDOS...
Type "ctmouse" at C:\> to install a mouse driver
To Install Rebel
To share your downloaded Rebel zip files with the virtual machine,
place the zip files in one folder
After you have installed ISO Recorder, right-click on the folder and
Create ISO Image File
Capture the ISO image file in the virtual machine under the CD menu
Make a new directory on your C drive, e.g. C:\>md rebel9
Copy the Rebel zip file to the new directory
Type C:\>d: to switch to the ISO image in the virtual machine CD
drive
Type D:\>dir/p to view the drive contents
Type D:\>copy rebel9.zip c:\rebel9\ to copy the zip file to new
directory on the C drive
Navigate to the new directory
Type D:\>c: to switch to the C drive
Type C:\>cd rebel9 to switch to the rebel9 directory
Type C:\Rebel9\>unzip rebel9.zip to unzip the zip file
Type C:\Rebel9\>dir/p to view the directory files
Type C:\Rebel9\>del rebel9.zip to delete the zip file to save
space
If there is a file called start.bat, then type start to run the program
If not, as is the case with Rebel 9, type C:\Rebel9\>rebel to
run the program
n.b.
To navigate up a level from a directory type cd..
Type help for help on the FreeDOS commands
To release the mouse pointer, press the right-alt key
To toggle between full screen and windowed mode, press right-alt and
enter
To bypass the CD check in RebelXP, create an empty file by typing
C:\rebelxp\>edit, Ctrl+N, and save the file as "register.bin"
There are few differences between Rebel12 and RebelXP, so don't worry
if you don't get the former to work.