Re: [Freedos-user] IMPORTANT "Off Topic" -- U.S. Medical Costs!!

Op 3-8-2011 0:51, Jack schreef: > > Re: my 25-Jun-2011 gall-bladder removal, the hospital has > finally sent a $960 bill for my "co-pay" (amount not paid > by my medical insurance company). I sent a check today. you missed a 'good' opportunity to visit Europe :) Youtube lists some documentaries

Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?

Op 2-8-2011 19:42, Virii schreef: > Could someone tell me if it's possible to have multiple instances of > (Free)DOS installed to the same partition? Depends on your definition of 'installed' (on same partition). If you install FreeDOS 1.0 first to a directory and then 1.1 to another directory,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeCom: Wrong DIR behavior on empy disks.

Op 2-8-2011 14:05, dos386 schreef: >> ... or all the other date formattings > > No point of existence ;-) > >> German dd.mm. hh:mm 1.000,00 for COUNTRY >> than BIOS default US QWERTY) are totally different > > I prefer to keep things simple (QWERTY, "@" and "\" discoverable) > and convenient (Y

Re: [Freedos-user] FD 1.0 installation... very instable?

Op 2-8-2011 4:08, e.a...@jpberlin.de schreef: >> - install Freedos 1.1T3 >> Ran through in almost no time, wow! >> I got the same error message from Jemm, but pressing ESC continued >> booting the installer. > > Still sounds evil. I hope the installer can work without JEMM. This is actually JEMM

Re: [Freedos-user] FD 1.1 Bootfloppy Problems

Op 1-8-2011 20:58, Jack schreef: > > JPT, > > Ah, "good old" Asus, who AREN'T what they used to be, as I > know from my prior Asus mainboard and MANY service-related > E-Mails (both English ones from me, and Mandarin ones from > my partner Johnson Lam) that all went totally UNANSWERED!! > > VERY un

Re: [Freedos-user] FD 1.1 Bootfloppy Problems

Op 1-8-2011 19:33, Alain Mouette schreef: > Try emm386.exe, jemm is too much optimysed and does not work well on ALL > machines. It might work, but if even XMGR already gave trouble as per his report.. Still awaiting those promised screenshots as well, I'm sure Jack or Japheth would be interested

Re: [Freedos-user] FD 1.0 installation... very instable?

Op 30-7-2011 17:05, JPT schreef: > Was 3x128 + 1x256 = 640, but recognized only 384 MB. This might indicate > a problem. Removed all but 1x128 MB. Memtest runs fast now, > 20 mins for 2 passes. Everything ok. > I will reinsert and check some of the other memory modules later. > (I did memtest befor

Re: [Freedos-user] FD 1.1 Bootfloppy Problems

Op 30-7-2011 16:48, Rugxulo schreef: > Which one? Does it have to be a TSR or is cmdline after-the-fact "good > enough"? http://www.bttr-software.de/products/jhoffmann/#dosutils It's already on the FD1.1 CD in the \FREEDOS\CUSTOM\PACKAGES\BASE directory. Simply do a: D:\SETUP.BAT D:\FREEDOS\CU

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeCom: Wrong DIR behavior on empy disks.

Op 30-7-2011 15:05, Zbigniew schreef: >> Another one: all dates should be -MM-DD and times without the >> silly "a" and "p" > > ...or could respect the convention: > - when dash used as separator - date is -MM-DD > - when dot - date format is DD.MM. > - when slash - the format is MM/DD/

Re: [Freedos-user] FD 1.1 Bootfloppy Problems

Op 30-7-2011 13:47, JPT schreef: > 1 - Use default settings > results in a JemmEx errormessage after loading the kernel. > JemmEx: exception 06 occured ad cs:eip 02a3:...6af,errc 0 > after pressing escape > JemmEx: exception 06 occured ad cs:eip 02a3:...15ae,errc 0 > again pressing escape gives an

Re: [Freedos-user] FD 1.0 installation... very instable?

Op 30-7-2011 11:48, JPT schreef: > You have to subscribe to this list, to be able to post? > Ok, I did so and sent my email again... Most mailinglists require so, or an administrator to approve messages before they show up. Some lists indeed accept mail from unsubscribed people. > I got about 3

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeCom: Wrong DIR behavior on empy disks.

Op 29-7-2011 13:22, Eric Auer schreef: > That is not a bug, dos386. FreeCOM command.com DIR does this > intentionally, as far as I remember for mimicking MS style, > which in turn might be necessary for some older batch files. > > However, I understand your point, so maybe we could either > make th

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE /E For VirtualBox Now "Officially" Released.

Op 28-7-2011 23:22, Rugxulo schreef: >> I am using the lastest UIDE (07-22-2011) wtih this options: >> C:\DEVLOAD\DEVLOAD /H C:\UIDE\UIDE.SYS /E /H /S:15 /D:MYCDROM >> Under VirtualBox, I am having the same problems when detecting the hard disk >> than the previous UIDE version. > > Blind guess, b

[Freedos-user] New FreeDOS 1.1 test ISO (#3) released

I'd like to announce a new FreeDOS 1.1 test CD-image file, see FreeDOS website for download details. I've squashed quite a few bugs which were mentioned in the BugTracker that Robert Riebisch linked to. This new release should also be more compatible with several emulation and virtualisation pr

Re: [Freedos-user] HTGet rewrite for mTCP

Op 26-7-2011 3:36, Michael B. Brutman schreef: > On a side note, a custom built updater for FreeDOS using HTTP would be > interesting. (HTTP is far easier to work with because the responses are > parseable and there is only one socket to deal with, which is always > outgoing from the client point

Re: [Freedos-user] HTGet rewrite for mTCP

Op 25-7-2011 13:53, Michael B. Brutman schreef: > I have an early version of HTGet ready that I would like to get some > more testing on before it becomes part of mTCP. It is available here: > > http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/htget.zip > > HTGet lets you download a file (or whatever content) f

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

Op 24-7-2011 20:26, Rugxulo schreef: > Why? I mean, sure /S5 is fine, I'm not complaining, but you *could* > use Eric's XMSSIZE: > > http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/specials/xms-size-info-xmssizer.zip > > EDIT: Oh wait, that wouldn't work in CONFIG.SYS. But wait, you're > using D

Re: [Freedos-user] "Test" UIDE Available, For VirtualBox.

Op 24-7-2011 16:52, Jack schreef: > Apologies for my "late" response re: UIDE v.s. VirtualBox. Had to have > my (infected!) gall-bladder removed, 25-Jun-2011. NASTY episode, and I > am still recovering and "moving a bit slow" on driver work! Re: recent > EDR-DOS forum posts, I say the same a

Re: [Freedos-user] Weird UIDE.SYS (FreeDOS 1.1 Test) behavior under VirtualBox

Op 24-7-2011 5:59, Juan Castro schreef: > Upgraded to VirtualBox 4.1, used the settings you said, and UIDE loads > fast now. (And CD access still works.) But I don't get an EDD error, I > get this: remove the /N1 again to enable harddisk caching. Glad that UIDE loads fast again. I wonder if ther

Re: [Freedos-user] Can't Install; FreeDOS 1.1 test release #2

Op 20-7-2011 4:17, Virii schreef: >> What exactly goes wrong when you do what? >> At which step? Which error messages do you >> get, or do things hang? Crash? What sorts >> of everything did you try, what happened? > > It hangs at the language selection screen. The very bottom selection of the > ma

Re: [Freedos-user] Can't Install; FreeDOS 1.1 test release #2

Op 20-7-2011 1:12, Eric Auer schreef: > What exactly goes wrong when you do what? > At which step? Which error messages do you > get, or do things hang? Crash? What sorts > of everything did you try, what happened? Lot's of stuff isn't functioning in the 2nd release, debugging that at the moment.

Re: [Freedos-user] Weird UIDE.SYS (FreeDOS 1.1 Test) behavior under VirtualBox

Op 19-7-2011 5:40, Juan Castro schreef: > 1) Adding /N1 to the UIDE commandline (at the end) to disable the > handling and caching of harddisks, might speed things up a bit. > > That had no effect. Unfortunate. Ah well, was worth a shot. > Worked! Takes under one second to load. I got it

Re: [Freedos-user] Weird UIDE.SYS (FreeDOS 1.1 Test) behavior under VirtualBox

Op 19-7-2011 6:05, Rugxulo schreef: > Have you tried UIDEJR instead? That won't help. Jack, author of UIDE, reminded me that UIDE is written for hardware with perfect (thus no bugs) PCI capabilities. Some real systems might have expose hardware/firmware bugs with respect to UIDE querying it. Em

Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver

Op 18-7-2011 19:03, Ralf A. Quint schreef: > It does not only take a(ny) packet driver for him to get working, it > would take additional software to deal with WEP/WPA encryption and > most importantly, the wireless setup and functionality like dealing > with SSID, channel, etc as well. That are al

Re: [Freedos-user] Weird UIDE.SYS (FreeDOS 1.1 Test) behavior under VirtualBox

Op 18-7-2011 5:13, Juan Castro schreef: > The first line (starting with "UIDE.SYS") stays there for 19 seconds. > Then the second one (starting with "IDE0 Controller") stays there for 49 > seconds. Then I get that error message. In a real machine, UIDE loads > lightning quick. I remember reading

Re: [Freedos-user] DEBUG

Op 17-7-2011 20:30, Jeffrey schreef: > The FreeDOS wiki says that NASM is the reference assembler. However, > when I use FreeDOS DEBUG to disassemble (unassemble?) a com file, > the syntax for addressing memory is not NASM syntax. I suppose DEBUG mimicks Microsoft's DEBUG. As there is a Microsoft

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS driver issues

Op 16-7-2011 15:43, Virii schreef: > First of all, I'd like to get some more basic problems out of the way. After > downloading the 1.0 'full' cd iso, and burning it to a disc, I was unable to > boot into 'live' mode. I know now this is due to my PC only having a SATA > DVD-RW drive. I was under t

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS driver issues

Op 17-7-2011 0:26, Virii schreef: > >> You are right that installing "all" includes some unstable >> things such as old USB or network drivers which might crash >> or hang during install. To avoid that, un-select packages >> or simply install "base" freedos before "full" freedos. I think the WGET

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS4Kids... and latest FreeDOS updates

Op 16-7-2011 5:00, Andrew Robins schreef: > Congratulations, firstly, on getting on SourceForge's Top Projects list > this month. I think the accolade is long-overdue. I've finally signed up > here partly to thank you for your base that I have used on a Toshiba > 430CDS Satellite Pro (48MB, P1, 120

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS4Kids... and latest FreeDOS updates

Op 16-7-2011 5:50, Andrew Robins schreef: > To partly answer my own questions earlier: > 1) How do I install kernell.? > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27324018 > - yup, I tried a straight over-write when the update was released, but > over the last week the filesystem gr

Re: [Freedos-user] Kernel 2040 16-bit

Op 14-7-2011 5:09, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros schreef: > I'm now using the 32-bit 2040 kernel, because none of these > errors has ever appeared under the previous 32-bit kernels, and > I'm hoping they will not appear under the new one either > [fingers crossed]. > > Any advice is we

Re: [Freedos-user] {Spam?} Dos Games, on a Web site ?

Op 8-7-2011 2:21, Garrison Ricketson schreef: > Hello everyone, > It has been a long time since I have sent anything to these news letters,... > This is a little off subject, in relation to Free Dos, hope it is ok, > Dose anyone know what is involved, and if it is possible to put a Dos > game on a

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing with no CD drive

Op 5-7-2011 15:54, Chris D schreef: > What I found was that the boot floppy created is incomplete and that > therefore the installation doesn't work. I got around that with help > from this group but found that this did not install a boot menu to allow > me to carry on using the existing PC-DOS,

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing with no CD drive

Op 20-6-2011 22:31, Chris D schreef: > Is that boot floppy really as useless as it seems to be? Is there > really a way of installing to a machine without a CD drive? You'll need at least the SHSUCDX and SHSUCDHD programs to access the ISO's contents: SHSUCDHD /F:C:\FDBOOTCD.ISO SHSUCDX /D:SHSU

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

Op 15-6-2011 16:51, Alain Mouette schreef: > Hi, I am still having problems making an intaller from CD. I came across > an HP machine (MS219BR) that no drive recognizes and also external USB > CD drivers. So... I'm not understanding your situation, got some more details? Seems like you've got a non

Re: [Freedos-user] Unable to install freedos in a VM

Op 13-6-2011 17:28, Bart-Jan Vrielink schreef: > Isn't the whole point of installing an OS that you end up with a partition? > What I did was create a new VM in Virtmanager, type MSDOS, with a small > hard disk and booting from the freedos CD image. What I would expect is > an installer guiding me

Re: [Freedos-user] **NO** Problem with XMGR, **NOR** with UIDE!!

Op 11-6-2011 3:38, Jack schreef: > I am getting VERY TIRED of responding to FALSE problems about my > drivers!! Troubleshooting configurations (hardware + software) can be quite difficult indeed, resulting in blaming specific drivers. For example I tried a bootable USB flash disk yesterday which

Re: [Freedos-user] Licensing issues

Op 7-6-2011 23:46, Rugxulo schreef: > VirtualBox may?? support USB booting (or at least reading) nowadays, > but I've never bothered. My idea is indeed to find a boot environment for USB flash media, and test the following: * is USB seen as A: or C: * can I boot it directly * can I boot DOS throug

Re: [Freedos-user] UEFI versus BIOS - was: Licensing issues

Op 8-6-2011 1:22, Eric Auer schreef: > Not really - www.coreboot.org/SeaBIOS you can simply load an UEFI > payload which implements the classic PC BIOS interface. Actually > it seems that modern BIOSes already do this and just do not talk > much about also supporting UEFI, maybe because Windows sti

Re: [Freedos-user] Licensing issues

Op 7-6-2011 21:01, Mike Eriksen schreef: > If Linux counts as "a more powerful/modern" OS I yet haven't failed to > make a bootable USB key. It may require some brute force like wiping > the entire disk out with zeros and then start from scratch - > partitioning, putting on a MBR, formatting and ev

Re: [Freedos-user] Licensing issues

Op 7-6-2011 20:05, Willi Wasser schreef: > I really didn't expect to trigger so much controversy with my initial > questions. And i found it interesting to learn that companies like HP and > DELL still offer DOS. But if one takes a closer look, it becomes soon clear, > that DOS for them is more

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS and PDF

Op 6-6-2011 0:38, jasse...@itelefonica.com.br schreef: >> ... >> Still not looked at that DOS PDF reader that was posted a while ago, but >> it could be a good addition. >> ... > Where and when was it posted ? at Robert Riebisch's BTTR forums: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?i

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use FreeDOS

Op 5-6-2011 17:24, Pat Villani schreef: > See HP, Dell, Asus, etc. They all happen to ship FreeDOS on their > systems. Motherboard installation CDs seem to be using FreeDOS a lot indeed (for BIOS flashing as well as creating the infamous F6 Windows mass storage driver disk). Still not looked a

Re: [Freedos-user] mTCP 2011-05-20 Version

Op 1-6-2011 18:25, mbbrut...@brutman.com schreef: >> >>> Well, relatively free. A certain group of people are aghast that I used >>> GPL v3 - apparently that is not free enough for them. I'm getting a >>> good laugh out of that conversation though. >> I've read that discussion and liked it, in m

Re: [Freedos-user] mTCP source code released

Op 27-5-2011 23:49, Michael B. Brutman schreef: > I released mTCP as open source today: http://code.google.com/p/mtcp/ hi Michael, congratulations on possibly having the first GPL3 DOS program ^^ I seem to recall you needing permission from your employer to do this so thanks go out to them as wel

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with UIDE

Op 19-5-2011 2:28, Alain Mouette schreef: > I managed to make a Boot CD that works almost in all machines. The only > one that is not working is "Virtual PC 2007". it locks uppun execution > of JEMM386 from a CD image. XMGR is used because it is required by UIDE. Technically UIDE doesn't require X

Re: [Freedos-user] tdsk.exe to create 40MB of disk space

Op 18-5-2011 19:12, Preethi S. schreef: Hi, I need to create 40 MB disk space using tdsk.exe. I can able to create lesser space than this. Is there any way to accomplish this or is there any other tool? Any help is appreciated. In what situation do you want to create space? If working w

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with UIDE

Op 17-5-2011 20:41, Alain Mouette schreef: > Well, so it is a BIOS bug, and that is the end of research in this > direction... > > Either syslinux (that seems to be better but for which I need help) or > RDISK+SUBST (that I know, but may be a bit clumsy) ok, made a very basic ISO generation batchf

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with UIDE

Op 17-5-2011 20:41, Alain Mouette schreef: Alain, can I privately send you a complete disk image sometime tomorrow by email? Would be 1.44MB, maybe slightly smaller if compressing first. It would replace your own floppy image directly, you can still use your own method of ISO generating. Basicly

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with UIDE

Op 17-5-2011 19:40, Alain Mouette schreef: > I boot normaly, single-stepping, loading all *except IEDE*, than I do: > SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM (it's the same) > C: > DEVLOAD A:\DOS\UIDE.SYS /D:CDROM > > it loads, and I can access drive C:, but if I access A: it locks just > the same

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with UIDE

Op 17-5-2011 17:45, Alain Mouette schreef: > I am using UIDE and XMGR from 10-May-11, I made my config from your > example (whole file attached), jemm386 is 572 dated 13mar2008 (complete > config at the end): > device=a:\dos\xmgr.sys /B > device=a:\dos\jemm386.exe I=TEST NOEMS > device=a:\dos\xmgr.

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE driver help

Op 12-5-2011 16:13, James Collins schreef: > I want to be able to use my cd/dvd drive on my MacBook pro laptop. I have the > drivers for UIDE. I have read the readme file, but it is very technical. I > could use some help loading the drivers. > > Do I have to edit my config.sys file? Do I put the

Re: [Freedos-user] mTCP 2010-10-20 Version posted

yet. Basicly I recently got a router (well technically ADSL modem but not using that part) with built in 512MB flash memory and option of additional USB storage. It allows for some nice testing of network speeds. with best regards, Bernd Blaauw ---

Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister

Op 26-10-2010 17:30, Willi Wasser schreef: > A new version of the network monitoring program LANSTAT (aka "little sister") > is available and can be downloaded from here: > http://www.bttr-software.de/products/jhoffmann/. It now also provides for > logging, offers a considerably greater flexibil

Re: [Freedos-user] SATA DOS Drivers

Op 10-10-2010 13:34, Lee Eric schreef: > Is there any SATA driver available on DOS can access SATA hard drivers? > http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html has listed some SATA drivers, see if that works out for you. Bernd

Re: [Freedos-user] Permission? and metakern

Op 27-6-2010 19:01, Garrison Ricketson schreef: I guess you'll have implicit permission by default (until someone objects) as those posts and their contents have been made public. As for MetaKern, it works with a small loader to which you append 1 or more bootsector files (usually obtained by u

Re: [Freedos-user] Eric Auer's "A Fantasy of a future..."

Op 14-4-2010 9:38, Michael C. Robinson schreef: > I went by nute on the ReactOS forums. Look and you can see how dicey > things got. > Ah I remember reading those threads you started, with asking over and over again whenever a new/next release would come out. They're releasing more often tha

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE question

Op 26-2-2010 22:17, Geraldo Netto schreef: > Hi maybeway36, > > Uide is different from lbacache/cdrcache > Uide enables ultra dma[1] modes for harddisks > while lbacache/cdrcache do cache for harddisks/cdrom > Geraldo, by default UIDE includes caching for diskettes, harddisks on controllers an

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS installed, but partition not bootable

Op 26-1-2010 22:58, Alain Mouette schreef: > The boot sector is installed with the command: > SYS C: > > but BE CAREFULL!! that c: is the FreeDOS partition... > > Alain > > Chris escreveu: > >> active, and has both fdconfig.sys in the root directory and kernal.sys >> in the \fdos dir, so it

Re: [Freedos-user] bzip2 for FreeDOS.

Op 20-1-2010 7:37, Mateusz Viste schreef: > bzip2 -d slowo.tar.bz2 >> bzip2.exe: I/O or other error, bailing out. Possible reason follows. >> bzip2.exe: Input or output error (EIO) >> Input file = slowo.tar.bz2, output file = slowo.tar >> bzip2.exe: Deleting output file slowo.tar, if it e

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

Op 27-12-2009 23:42, jcd...@free.fr schreef: Hello. As I said to eric auer Done as suggested. But some problem still here. Then I give up as well. I assume your drive is internal, and connected to SATA like your subject mentions. Does it run in IDE compatibility mode or in AHCI?

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos - Modern sata dvd dual layer not found

Op 27-12-2009 19:44, jcd...@free.fr schreef: No CD-ROM drive to use; GCDROM not loaded. Any idea. Note : After booting with freedos bootable cd, I can access to the cd-rom drive( elterito is loaded in memory ). Could you try the UIDE cd-rom driver please? it's the most recent work of the

Re: [Freedos-user] fdfullcd ISO, KINGSTON data traveler...sound drivers?

Any idea which program gave the error95 message? I think it might be the FORMAT or Fdisk program doing so, which means we'll need to figure out how far your installation process got. What you can do is manually run the FDISK program, create a "primary" FAT16 (or FAT32) partition (instead of exte

Re: [Freedos-user] Question about ripcord

Op 7-11-2009 0:44, Joe Emenaker schreef: Sure, it wouldn't work every time. And it would fail for anything which was run through and exe-compressor. But it would sure beat "strings myprog.exe | more", which is what I have to do right now. how we love UPX (and use it extensively) :) some pro

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 distribution...

Op 1-11-2009 10:38, Michael Robinson schreef: > The newest kernel 2039 seems to fix a lot of problems. Is there ongoing > kernel development? > > What has to be updated still before Freedos 1.1 comes out? > > I occasionally see stuff get added to http://www.freedos.org, but the > 1.1 release seems

Re: [Freedos-user] Trouble with netbooting freedos...

Op 18-10-2009 19:12, Michael Robinson schreef: > I know about prodos.exe, it requires Windows to > extract the drivers from it and the drivers you > extract are probably Windows drivers. > should be a DOS Ndis driver in that, as well as packet driver. Ofcourse also windows ndis drivers. Intel

Re: [Freedos-user] upgrading

Op 1-10-2009 19:14, david lowe schreef: A while back I asked 'upgrading', & I had a list of Windows-compatible utilities that needed DOS equivalents. I'm not asking about Win-compatible games, they may be a lost cause. I need a driver for a USB flash drive, & probably one for a broadband mode

Re: [Freedos-user] Upgrading FreeDOS Kernel

Op 29-9-2009 18:19, Santiago Almenara schreef: Maybe, the answer is easier than I think, my problem is that I want to upgrade the FreeDOS kernel. I have downloaded the zip file (ke2039_86f32.zip ) but I can f

Re: [Freedos-user] Disk checking and defragmentation

Op 29-8-2009 3:21, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros schreef: > [Eric] >> Please explain what you mean by strange... You should also be able to >> drop bad items with CHKDSK / DOSFSCK. >> >By strange I mean: > >(1) Their names were full of illegal characters. > >(2) They could not

Re: [Freedos-user] Concerns about topics on this mailing list...

Op 22-8-2009 5:34, Michael Robinson schreef: > DOS predates more than 4 gigabytes of memory on a single computer, yet > there has been a LOT of discussion on having Freedos be able to handle > that much memory. > And Windows (9x) predates FreeDOS largely, your point being? For the times we're

Re: [Freedos-user] Over 4-GB for FreeDOS, Etc.

Op 14-8-2009 23:37, Jack schreef: > Oh, REALLY?? I have been running the "DeepBurner" program to "shoot" my > CD/RW masters for over two years now. It DOES simultaneous input/output > with the disk staying-ahead of the CD/RW and always having the next block > of data ready to be written out.

Re: [Freedos-user] Over 4-GB for FreeDOS, Etc.

Op 14-8-2009 21:18, Jack schreef: > This would work. But, if we are to "cook up" a new scheme to handle > memory beyond 4-GB, why limit it only for RAMdisk usage? If the XMS > drivers/handlers support such "large" memory, EVERYBODY could use it! > yes, as long as older programs don't use it b

Re: [Freedos-user] Over 4-GB for FreeDOS, Etc.

Op 14-8-2009 20:17, Jack schreef: > Re: using memory over 4-GB in DOS, the best way to AVOID many new > I am assuming here that, to keep things "simple" and still-useful > for programs that cannot or will-not be upgraded, the XMS drivers > will all "behave" same-as-before for current XMS commands.

Re: [Freedos-user] Whatever happened to freedos-32?

Op 14-8-2009 13:13, MegaBrutal schreef: > Who ever needs a 64-bit version of DOS, especially if you need to > emulate an entire processor while achieving it? > > 32-bit is just fine. I don't know why would anyone switch to 64-bit > for DOS, since people don't even use the advantages out. > > Of cou

Re: [Freedos-user] cdrom

Menuhin Saitov schreef: > Hi, > i have installed successfully freedos on Compaq lte 5100 I took the > hardisk and connecetd with usb-ide adaptor and with qmeu installed the > system on it, not sure if the system neede it fat 16 partition but know > it works. > My issue is to set the cdrom dri

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you need from Windows world...

Michael Robinson schreef: > I haven't gotten the positive response I had hoped for trying > to drum up some interest in a Windows 9x replacement. Some > have talked about possibly enhacing HX extender and cloning > Windows 3.x first, which makes a lot of sense. > Some have only talked that i

Re: [Freedos-user] A windows 9x replacement...

Michael Robinson schreef: > There are many Windows programs that only work in > dos based Windows. There is such a thing as a dos > based Windows program, try to run it at the dos > prompt ( any version ) and you'll get a this > requires Microsoft Windows error. Many of these > same programs eith

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel install floppy won't boot

Ray Davison schreef: > The boot process identifies all the HDD partitions then: > Incorrect DOS version > Bad or missing Command Interpreter: command.com /P /E:256 > Enter . > > Suggestions? > > Ray > How was the bootdisk created? Are you sure it contains both the kernel.sys and command.com

Re: [Freedos-user] A windows 9x replacement...

guest schreef: > I know about ReactOS, ReactOS is garbage right now. It will probably be > garbage for 2-3 more years. > Calling a project garbage is quite severe. If it's unusable for you or your goals, just indicate so but don't dismiss other people's efforts into getting something nice of

Re: [Freedos-user] getting applications working

Jack schreef: > If you update FreeDOS, in accordance with the update list > noted by Eric Auer, do consider adding the UIDE or UIDEJR > driver, also XMGR and RDISK if desired. They are avail- > able from , also > from other Internet sources. > We'll su

Re: [Freedos-user] Batch File Commands

ot for option 2 The shell line is executed for all numbers. Any number encountered in menu but not having its own command is invalid - an issue with FreeDOS 1.0 for example once installed :) ; FreeDOS 1.1 Final distro by Blair Campbell [blaird...@gmail.com], ; last update 2009-05-18 by Bernd Blaau

Re: [Freedos-user] Command prompt returns without commands executing

Blair Campbell schreef: >> the data from XMS... There might be some code which decides about >> whether restore-from-XMS is needed and which is too optimistic. But >> maybe I am totally wrong about that whole swap/overwrite topic... >> > > >From what I can tell it always swaps back from XMS an

Re: [Freedos-user] was: Windows 3.1 - Pending kernel patches 2037/2038

Jim Hall schreef: > The problem is: how will you (Eric) know that the patches will work? > How long do you intend to hold back the 2038 version before deciding > it is "good enough"? > I'd agree with Jim here, release, then ask feedback. People might lack the skill to comment on individual patc

Re: [Freedos-user] License or Sale? WAS Abandonware site...

Fuzzy Zabriskie schreef: > > I'm confused. When I buy a 'software license' am I buying the software > or the right to use the software? If I have a license to use specific software > on a hardware platform (say a Windows OS), and my install media is damaged, > do I have use of the license I've bo

Re: [Freedos-user] Abandonware site...

Michael Robinson schreef: > Speaking of abandonware, all the Nintendo games for the original > 8 bit system fit that description now. Should anyone distribute > what is the definition of abandonware anyway? and why would it be legal if it did fit the description? to my knowledge Nintendo is u

Re: [Freedos-user] Abandonware site...

Michael Robinson schreef: > Downloading commercial software that you own a copy of for personal > use is not illegal. Downloading old commercial software that isn't > I'm not even sure this is allowed. A lot of software was distributed on physical media, of which you were allowed to make a c

Re: [Freedos-user] was: Windows 3.1 - Pending kernel patches 2037/2038

Christian Masloch schreef: > Since disassembling MS-DOS is "considered legal" by UDOS and RBIL authors > (and these sources are "considered legal" by all members of the FreeDOS > project) I think there's no problem using some DLL examination tool. > > Regards, > Christian > I hope you have h

Re: [Freedos-user] XGCDROM and CD/DVD Recording

Bernd Blaauw schreef: > Blair Campbell schreef: > >>>> points to the 7zip: http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/xgcdrm24.7z >>>> >>>> > does ASPI.SYS by Oak require a ATAPI driver to be loaded first? > > Seems like by using the re

Re: [Freedos-user] PocketDOS

Michael Horvath schreef: > I have PocketDOS installed on my PDA. It loads a bootable version of > FreeDOS from a floppy disk image. I'm having trouble figuring out where > AUTOEXEC.BAT and FDCONFIG.SYS are located on this disk. Where can I find it? > > Second question: can anyone recommend a good

Re: [Freedos-user] XGCDROM and CD/DVD Recording

Blair Campbell schreef: >>> points to the 7zip: http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/xgcdrm24.7z >>> does ASPI.SYS by Oak require a ATAPI driver to be loaded first? > At the end of recording wodim spit out an error message about not > closing the session or something, so I pressed Ctrl-C twice an

Re: [Freedos-user] XGCDROM and CD/DVD Recording

Blair Campbell schreef: > No you're not :-). > First, I compiled the latest version of cdrtools (the current one is > way outdated), which is cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD 2.01.01a58. > Then, I discovered that some linux distributions forked cdrtools > because of licencing issues, so I decided to try their

Re: [Freedos-user] generic boot... - booting from raw cd/dvd

Eric Auer schreef: > mode: You could use the technology of Rayer's ROMOS > which allows you to boot a FAT12 image directly from > ROM. This image has only 1 FAT, so MS DOS 6 does not > I wonder how large such expansion ROM images can be (64K? more?). The Coreboot project (www.coreboot.org , for

Re: [Freedos-user] virtual floppy disk,etc..

You might want to try get the floppy driver from http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/ Bernd - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem installing FreeDOS together with Win98SE using metakern

Anton Shepelev schreef: > Hello all, > >I tried to install FreeDOS 1.0 on the same partition (C:) as >Win98SE using metakern, but ran into the following problem. > >Here's what I did: >0. Installed FreeDOS on C: > >1. With Win98SE active, I booted from win98 cd and typed: >

Re: [Freedos-user] [Xen-devel] Unable to boot FreeDOS 1.0

Geraldo Netto schreef: > Hi Guys, > Hello Geraldo, > It seems command.com is missing > could you try any iso from this site? > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/ > The FreeDOS 1.0 ISO is confirmed to be working under normal PC BIOS when booting from CD

Re: [Freedos-user] Ethernet card - how to install in Freedos

Eric Auer schreef: > To find out which packet driver you need, you can use PCISLEEP > (if it is not part of your FreeDOS install, just search the web) > to get a list of PCI / AGP / PCIe / onboard-PCI devices in your > PC. Look at the devices in the "network" category. You can search > the web for

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.0 (was Network sharing)

Ron Spruell schreef: > Jim I understand what you mean by a virtual machine because I know what > virtual memory is as per Microsoft but for me making a virtual would be just > as hard as making Free Dos run. I would much rather be able to run FreeDos > A virtual machine as ment here is often als

Re: [Freedos-user] announcements

Florian Xaver schreef: > Jemm v5.67 released: http://www.japheth.de > cool, I'll see what's new. Experimental Freedos 2038 kernel files already were compatible with the fastboot option of JEMMEX. > Updated UDMA drivers! Main change seems to be a merged UDMA/UDVD > drivers into one driver called

Re: [Freedos-user] Eric, it was not nice....

Christian Simonyi schreef: > Eric, it was not nice to tread down our conversation > > Sophism, does not help; either me or anyone. > > I better leave from here > Eric has a habit of bringing public discussions to smaller private email, nevermind that :) You're most welcome to stay on the FreeDO

Re: [Freedos-user] UDMA Driver Update.

Jack schreef: > Sorry, I was unaware that this board does not like "carat" > characters for URL addresses. To download the 7-Sep-2007 > XMGR, UDMA, and UDVD drivers, use the following URL: > > http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/drivers.html > no problem, thanks for the update/bugfix Jack. -

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