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Re: [Freedos-user] Partition layout
Eric Auer wrote: > > Oops sorry I mean sys.txt, not config.txt ... OK. There is also SYS.EN. The only SYS I know about is SYS.COM. I have been trying; C:\FDOS\BIN\sys.com dlasort=X Is this correct, and if so where do I put it? So far all I have gotten is a SYS help screen. > >>Do you understand, C is stable. On this drive D and E get swapped. If >>I plug in the second HDD - which is a single extended - D is after that. > > This is exactly what DLASORT is about - MS DOS style is the > default, which does all primary partitions first, but you > can also use the other setting, which is "all partitions on > the first HDD first" :-) But it is NOT putting all primaries first. It is putting the second after all extendeds. Ray - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
2007/8/31, Mateusz Viste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Friday 31 August 2007 17:31, Aitor Santamaría wrote: > > Could you please create another one over, say, white background, where > > the black border can be easily differenciated? > > Hi Aitor! > > It seems you're using some some oldish image-reader software... MS - Internet Explorer... > In fact, the background is transparent, but your software (which can't support > PNG transparency) translates it into black. That's good! Aitor - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
On Friday 31 August 2007 18:20, Rikard Lang wrote: > (...) save it as SVG from the Gimp which is the software I am using. Nice to see you're running Linux too ;-) > only save the file in different bitmapped versions, gif, png, jpeg > etc. It's normal. Gimp is a raster-format editor, it can't handle vector images, just import then to raster-based images. > If you have any idea of another software I can use I'd be happy > to create the glossy version and export it as a SVG. Of course. The main two vector (SVG-enabled) software for Linux are Inkscape (the one which I prefer, and which I am using), and Karbon. You will find the last Inkscape version at http://www.inkscape.org. Best regards, Mateusz Viste - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
Aitor Santamaría wrote: >> >>It seems you're using some some oldish image-reader software... > > MS - Internet Explorer... > It looks fine in Mozilla. Ray - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
Mateusz, I actually used your SVG-file but I can't find out how to save it as SVG from the Gimp which is the software I am using. I can only save the file in different bitmapped versions, gif, png, jpeg etc. If you have any idea of another software I can use I'd be happy to create the glossy version and export it as a SVG. rikard_lang - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Partition layout
Hi! > > Hi, maybe it is useful to try SYS CONFIG to switch > > the DLASORT option to 0 or 1. Please read the docs > > to be more exact, the config.txt file :-) Oops sorry I mean sys.txt, not config.txt ... > A search for DLASORT*.* failed to find anything on the CD or HDD. > I also do not find "dlasort" in config.txt. > Do you understand, C is stable. On this drive D and E get swapped. If > I plug in the second HDD - which is a single extended - D is after that. This is exactly what DLASORT is about - MS DOS style is the default, which does all primary partitions first, but you can also use the other setting, which is "all partitions on the first HDD first" :-) Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
Thanks for the kind words. Actually the background is transparent however I've added a white background to the picture and it can be found here: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/rixard/blinkyglossy_wbg.png rikard_lang On 8/31/07, Aitor Santamaría <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks good! It's nice to see a 3D version of the logo. > Just one thing: I've seen the main logo in the site and noticed that > its border, as much as it's mouth, is black. > In your picture, the background is also black, so it mixes with the border. > Could you please create another one over, say, white background, where > the black border can be easily differenciated? > > Thanks, > Aitor > > > > 2007/8/31, Rikard Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I've created a glossy version of Blinky the fish. > > > > Here is the link to the small version: > > http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/rixard/blinkyglossy_small.png > > > > The slightly larger version can be found here: > > http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/rixard/blinkyglossy.png > > > > Hope you like it. > > > > /Rikard Lang, Sweden > > > > - > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > ___ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
Hi Aitor, > Looks good! It's nice to see a 3D version of the logo. > Just one thing: I've seen the main logo in the site and noticed that > its border, as much as it's mouth, is black. > In your picture, the background is also black, so it mixes... No it does not - actually the border IS black and the background is transparent :-D. Just view the blinkyglossy with ImageMagick or another transparency-aware viewer. When using it on a web page, put it on white or light background. Maybe it would be nice to have an index html on i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/rixard/ ... Cool to have a glossy version of the FreeDOS fish, thanks! :-) I think Rugxulo should use the glossy blinky as basis for a sample JPG and PNG file if he has viewers for that on his new diskette distro :-) Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Partition layout
chris evans wrote: > Better to label your drive volumes to something other than obscure or > drive letters, like DATA, or your name. that way when you in a fdisk > program or other OS you can see what is what and not cause an > accident. Curious, I thought that the DOS will only point C: to the > first primary found? All labels are unique and contain the drive letter. Do you consider DOS, W2K and Warp4 to be obscure? Also every partition has a directory of the form "1_Name_X" where X is the drive letter. The one forces it to sort at the top. So from any HDD utility or directory listing I know the physical position of each partition. I have an additional challenge. All my HDDs are front panel plug-in. So I have to give each HDD a unique ID that is seen by HDD utilities. If I was cloning or cleaning a drive and got it reversed that would not be good. I have had a HDD utility swap drives 1 and 2 on it's display. That is rare, but it did happen. Ray - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
On Friday 31 August 2007 17:23, Rikard Lang wrote: > I've created a glossy version of Blinky the fish. Nice. Too bad you didn't worked on my SVG (vector) version, instead of making another raster version, hardly resizeable Anyway, nice work ;-) Best regards, Mateusz Viste - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Partition layout
Eric Auer wrote: > Hi, maybe it is useful to try SYS CONFIG to switch > the DLASORT option to 0 or 1. Please read the docs, > to be more exact, the config.txt file :-) Probably > still does not behave as DR DOS, but I do remember > that DLASORT is there because some people were not > happy with the "behave as MS DOS" default ;-). A search for DLASORT*.* failed to find anything on the CD or HDD. I also do not find "dlasort" in config.txt. > > This option is for specifying whether Drive Letter > Assignment should follow the normal MSDOS way of > all primary partitions across drives and then > extended partitions, or the more logical > all partitions (primary & extended) on the 1st > drive, then repeat for all following drives > (all primary & extended, then try next drive). > 0 corresponds to MS way and 1 corresponds to first > drive completely, then next ... > Do you understand, C is stable. On this drive D and E get swapped. If I plug in the second HDD - which is a single extended - D is after that. So, I have first primary; C, then all extended, then second primary; D - ignoring the primaries that are Boot Manager and the extended shells. And Boot Manager is inert, C is active. Ray - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
On Friday 31 August 2007 17:31, Aitor Santamaría wrote: > Could you please create another one over, say, white background, where > the black border can be easily differenciated? Hi Aitor! It seems you're using some some oldish image-reader software... In fact, the background is transparent, but your software (which can't support PNG transparency) translates it into black. Just use another soft ;-) Best regards, Mateusz Viste - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
Looks good! It's nice to see a 3D version of the logo. Just one thing: I've seen the main logo in the site and noticed that its border, as much as it's mouth, is black. In your picture, the background is also black, so it mixes with the border. Could you please create another one over, say, white background, where the black border can be easily differenciated? Thanks, Aitor 2007/8/31, Rikard Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi everyone, > > I've created a glossy version of Blinky the fish. > > Here is the link to the small version: > http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/rixard/blinkyglossy_small.png > > The slightly larger version can be found here: > http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/rixard/blinkyglossy.png > > Hope you like it. > > /Rikard Lang, Sweden > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] I've created a glossy version of Blinky
Hi everyone, I've created a glossy version of Blinky the fish. Here is the link to the small version: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/rixard/blinkyglossy_small.png The slightly larger version can be found here: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/rixard/blinkyglossy.png Hope you like it. /Rikard Lang, Sweden - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Partition layout
Hi, maybe it is useful to try SYS CONFIG to switch the DLASORT option to 0 or 1. Please read the docs, to be more exact, the config.txt file :-) Probably still does not behave as DR DOS, but I do remember that DLASORT is there because some people were not happy with the "behave as MS DOS" default ;-). Eric This option is for specifying whether Drive Letter Assignment should follow the normal MSDOS way of all primary partitions across drives and then extended partitions, or the more logical all partitions (primary & extended) on the 1st drive, then repeat for all following drives (all primary & extended, then try next drive). 0 corresponds to MS way and 1 corresponds to first drive completely, then next ... - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
