Re: [Freedos-devel] [Freedos-user] Can't Install; FreeDOS 1.1 test release #2
Writing entire installation procedures in 4DOS should be possible as well, just takes lots more research. For sure 4DOS is more useful, but it might be overkill here. I don't know if Jim would prefer FreeCOM exclusively instead or not (though I probably would). Yes, I prefer using the standard FreeDOS Command.com (FreeCOM) for the 1.1 distribution. But I think this should change as we go into the 2.0 release cycle. -jh -- 5 Ways to Improve Secure Unified Communications Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC can improve internal communications as well as offer faster, more efficient ways to interact with customers and streamline customer service. Learn more! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426253/ ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] [Freedos-user] Can't Install; FreeDOS 1.1 test release #2
Op 20-7-2011 3:20, Rugxulo schreef: You might need FreeCOM 0.84-pre2, I think. It has set /e (but needs %TEMP% !!) and cdd works for c:\path\blah.exe. Otherwise, you'll have to hack up a quick tool or use something premade (DJGPP's dirname.exe from Shell Utils [shl2011b.zip]) or similar. Already using that. My intention is to switch to the directory where SETUP.BAT is located so I can run programs which are located elsewhere in the directory tree with it. One such program is FreeCOM itself. I wasn't aware SET /E requires a location to write. Suppose I have a SETUP.BAT at D:\ , thus D:\SETUP.BAT It shouldn't matter if I do: 1) D:\SETUP 2) D:\SETUP.BAT 3) D: ; SETUP 4) D: ; SETUP.BAT 5) D:SETUP (though I'd better be in correct dir on D: before) 6) D:SETUP.BAT 7) SET PATH=%PATH%;D:\ ; SETUP 8) SET PATH=%PATH%;D:\ ; SETUP.BAT 9) D: ; \SETUP In all cases I want SETUP.BAT to be able to switch current directory to whereever this file SETUP.BAT itself is contained, thus D:\ I'm not exactly sure I understand the issue, but that's as good as guess as I can offer without knowing more. (What are you trying to do? Something from within another .BAT file?) I'm trying to switch into the FreeDOS installation CD directory tree, and make the batchfile bulletproof against other shells by simply loading FreeCOM. 4DOS is easy, and might be something I'll load then, followed by FreeCOM: set td=%@path[%_BATCHNAME%] CDD %td% set td= Writing entire installation procedures in 4DOS should be possible as well, just takes lots more research. My FreeCOM part looks like this now: set /E thisfile=truename %0 if exist %thisfile%.bat set thisfile=%thisfile%.bat if exist %thisfile% goto switchdir for %%x in ( %path% ) do if exist %%x\%0 set /U thisfile=%%x\%0 for %%x in ( %path% ) do if exist %%x\%0.bat set /U thisfile=%%x\%0.bat if exist %thisfile% goto switchdir echo Fail! The difficult part is Microsoft's command.com as it lacks a lot of variables and concurrent directory/drive switching. Just as the 1.44MB bootdisk I uploaded should work with FreeDOS 1.1 CD (but doesn't yet, in my uploads), so should any other bootdisk. -- 10 Tips for Better Web Security Learn 10 ways to better secure your business today. Topics covered include: Web security, SSL, hacker attacks Denial of Service (DoS), private keys, security Microsoft Exchange, secure Instant Messaging, and much more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426210/ ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] [Freedos-user] Can't Install; FreeDOS 1.1 test release #2
Hi, On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Bernd Blaauw bbla...@home.nl wrote: Op 20-7-2011 3:20, Rugxulo schreef: You might need FreeCOM 0.84-pre2, I think. It has set /e (but needs %TEMP% !!) and cdd works for c:\path\blah.exe. Otherwise, you'll have to hack up a quick tool or use something premade (DJGPP's dirname.exe from Shell Utils [shl2011b.zip]) or similar. Already using that. My intention is to switch to the directory where SETUP.BAT is located so I can run programs which are located elsewhere in the directory tree with it. One such program is FreeCOM itself. I wasn't aware SET /E requires a location to write. I can't remember if 0.82pl3 even supports that. Like I said, I never use 0.82pl3, only newer 0.84-pre2, but some people still prefer it. Suppose I have a SETUP.BAT at D:\ , thus D:\SETUP.BAT It shouldn't matter if I do: 1) D:\SETUP 2) D:\SETUP.BAT 3) D: ; SETUP 4) D: ; SETUP.BAT 5) D:SETUP (though I'd better be in correct dir on D: before) 6) D:SETUP.BAT 7) SET PATH=%PATH%;D:\ ; SETUP 8) SET PATH=%PATH%;D:\ ; SETUP.BAT 9) D: ; \SETUP In all cases I want SETUP.BAT to be able to switch current directory to whereever this file SETUP.BAT itself is contained, thus D:\ Is the problem that we don't know what drive the CD will be assigned? 'Cause I (dumbly) was thinking, Well, he knows it's D:\, so he should just 'set SETUP=D:\' in the .BAT. I guess a silly for %%a in (c d e f g) do if exist %%a:\setup.bat set SETUP=%%a is probably out too, hmmm? ;-) Bah, confusing. A standalone tiny util for this purpose would probably work better. I also had written a silly WHATDRIV.COM util used on one of my floppies, but I can't remember why. Maybe I was expecting someone to convert to .ISO (mkbiso) or whatever. Not sure if that would help here or not. I'm trying to switch into the FreeDOS installation CD directory tree, and make the batchfile bulletproof against other shells by simply loading FreeCOM. 4DOS is easy, and might be something I'll load then, followed by FreeCOM: set td=%@path[%_BATCHNAME%] CDD %td% set td= Writing entire installation procedures in 4DOS should be possible as well, just takes lots more research. For sure 4DOS is more useful, but it might be overkill here. I don't know if Jim would prefer FreeCOM exclusively instead or not (though I probably would). My FreeCOM part looks like this now: set /E thisfile=truename %0 if exist %thisfile%.bat set thisfile=%thisfile%.bat if exist %thisfile% goto switchdir for %%x in ( %path% ) do if exist %%x\%0 set /U thisfile=%%x\%0 for %%x in ( %path% ) do if exist %%x\%0.bat set /U thisfile=%%x\%0.bat if exist %thisfile% goto switchdir echo Fail! Looks good, mostly like I would do. Be aware that for %%x in ( %path% ) won't work in 4DOS (last I tried), nor Win32's CMD (worse, probably due to LFNs and/or spaces). The difficult part is Microsoft's command.com as it lacks a lot of variables and concurrent directory/drive switching. Variables such as what? I'm not sure why you'd try using their shell here, perhaps installing from within Windows?? I think Win32's CMD.EXE supports %CD% instead of %_CWD% and cd /d instead of cdd, if that's what you meant. Just as the 1.44MB bootdisk I uploaded should work with FreeDOS 1.1 CD (but doesn't yet, in my uploads), so should any other bootdisk. Good luck! (Sadly I'm not much use testing right now, though I did manually install FreeDOS the other day and auto-installed PuppyLinux. Yeah, even my other P4 computer now has PSU problems [randomly turning on and off], so I'm back to this new one, where Windows hosed itself. Sometimes I hate computers.) -- 5 Ways to Improve Secure Unified Communications Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC can improve internal communications as well as offer faster, more efficient ways to interact with customers and streamline customer service. Learn more! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426253/ ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] [Freedos-user] Can't Install; FreeDOS 1.1 test release #2
Hi again, On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: I also had written a silly WHATDRIV.COM util used on one of my floppies, but I can't remember why. Maybe I was expecting someone to convert to .ISO (mkbiso) or whatever. Not sure if that would help here or not. My old BARE_DOS floppy has this (just so you know): @echo off if exist rugxfish.ans copy /b rugxfish.ans con echo. whatdriv if errorlevel 1 set drive=A if errorlevel 2 set drive=B if errorlevel 3 set drive=C if errorlevel 4 set drive=D if errorlevel 5 set drive=E if errorlevel 6 set drive=F if errorlevel 7 set drive=G path %drive%:\ if not %CONFIG%==0 if not %CONFIG%==1 path %PATH%;%drive%:\386 ... (etc etc etc, not relevant here) All my computers are in disarray (as always), but I did use NDISASM to dump the bits of WHATDRIV.COM: 0100 268E062C00mov es,[es:0x2c] 0105 31FF xor di,di 0107 30C0 xor al,al 0109 B9mov cx,0x 010C F2AE repne scasb 010E AEscasb 010F 75FB jnz 0x10c 0111 268A4502 mov al,[es:di+0x2] 0115 2C40 sub al,0x40 0117 B44C mov ah,0x4c 0119 CD21 int 0x21 I don't know if this helps or not (oh well) !!:-/ -- 5 Ways to Improve Secure Unified Communications Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC can improve internal communications as well as offer faster, more efficient ways to interact with customers and streamline customer service. Learn more! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426253/ ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
