Re: [Freedos-user] networking/wifi

[Šimon Dobeš]

Hello,
Well I tried to use USB with FreeDOS. You can use USB with FreeDOS but 
you need to do some things.
1st: You need to unzip FreeDOS USB installer to USB that you wnat to 
use.
2nd: Create special folder for files you want to transfer. E.G.: Folder 
named TRANSFER

3rd: Boot from USB.
4th: Cancel installation.
5th: Your USB is ready to go.
Note: USB is C: and you main hard drive is D: or sometimes even E:

I hope this will work,
Šimon Dobeš

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Hi all,

Am just wondering if this is the current status, or some old comment:

"Wireless devices connected via USB can not yet be used with FreeDOS."

(http://freedos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/WiFi)

/Tomas


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Re: [Freedos-user] FYI: I'm speaking at FOSDEM'21 this weekend

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That presentation is really great! :-)
Simon

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On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 3:44 PM Jim Hall  wrote:



On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 3:21 PM tom ehlert  wrote:

> (and a future "2.0" someday).

I am a bit surprised by this. any news that we all are not aware of?




Same as I've said before in the email lists, and elsewhere:

I want to get "1.3" finally wrapped up, and I'd like to have a "2.0" 
someday. The NightDOS folks are working on their updated kernel - if 
they can get it working and still runs all 16-bit DOS applications, 
then we could include that as an alternative kernel for people who (a) 
have a more modern system, and (b) opt-in to use it.**


And there are other "like to have" things that would be great to have 
in a FreeDOS "2.0" like an alternative DOS command.com shell. I 
described that here long ago, and on the blog - would love to have an 
expanded command.com that uses a BASIC-like syntax but still maintains 
compatibility with DOS BAT files. At the time, you pointed out that 
Windows command.com did something similar to what I proposed - but I 
don't use Windows so I wasn't aware of that.


And "2.0" still needs to be "DOS" so needs to support all 16-bit DOS 
applications. And I would want FreeDOS to remain a command-line 
operating system.



So, no surprises to anyone on this list.

Jim

** But, NightDOS is a long way from being able to do that. The goals 
of NightDOS are pretty lofty, so they have a lot of work here. I think 
it will be a while before we see that.




My presentation is pre-recorded, and I've uploaded a copy to the 
FreeDOS YouTube channel (will go "live" after my presentation on 
Sunday).


Here's the video: https://youtu.be/uP77xJA8-4k


* 0 to 12 min : my history + some DOS history
* 12 min to 27 min : FreeDOS up until "now"
* 27 min to 41 min : FreeDOS 1.3
* 41 min to end : FreeDOS "2.0" wish list
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Re: [Freedos-user] FD13 Live CD boot issue from SATA DVD Drive

[Šimon Dobeš]

I have sata DVD drive on my desktop PC and I did not switched live cd to 
legacy mode and it booted up right to that menu.


Maybe should disabling legacy option.
Bye
Simon

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Dear All,

I have downloaded the FD13 Live CD (preview) and tried to boot it on my 
laptop having a SATA DVD.


I set the boot mode to Legacy from the BIOS and FreeDOS boots. However, 
it does not find and mount the CD as D: It fails with an error message 
displaying "no drives found".


When I boot the same CD on my old IDE DVD, everything works like a 
charm.


I tried to edit FDAUTO.BAT and use GCDROM.SYS and UIDE.SYS instead with 
no luck.


Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: [Freedos-user] A different approach

[Šimon Dobeš]

That is very interesting and neat! I want it too. :-)

Dňa st, 3. feb 2021, 14:38 ZB  napísal(a):

> Build mini MSDOS gaming PC - NO EMULATION! PC104
>
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8
>
> (Using PC/104 components to build a mini 486 MSDOS gaming PC)
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Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

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Well it's like this.

For me it's too hard to orientate in command line interface such as dos.
For better orientation I prefer some sort of grafical user interface (GUI)
I do not know anything other except for Windows. It is the best environment
for me since when I was a child we had an 486 dx2 with windows 98 se on it.
In this point my gaming career started. I played mostly dos games and some
windows games such as a pinball and so on. After 22 years I found several
abandonware websites that offer all that great games from my childhood. But
there is one problem. I just don't know how to use dos. So I want to use
GUI when I am running any of that games. Please note that I was 7 year old
boy when dad brought the computer home.

I also installed Linux Mint that comes with wine. I copied games from CD to
run it and nothing happened. Even after trying to configure wine.

I know that I still can use Virtual Machine such as Oracle's VM VirtualBox
but my pc is not running well this emulations.

So in the final,
I want to install stable version of Windows which is stable on dos. I think
that win95 is great compromise. But maybe I am wrong.

Thank a lot.
Simon

Dňa št, 28. jan 2021, 17:04 Eric Auer  napísal(a):

>
> Hi! I have no idea why Windows NT in an exotic version
> such as 3.51 would be better than Windows 95 or 3.11:
>
> Please start by specifying which Windows applications
> you want to run. Not all run in all Windows versions,
> but most will run in Wine and Linux ;-)
>
> Eric
>
>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

[Šimon Dobeš]

Oh. Um well. OK. What about installing windows nt3.51 on my system? On the
other way: I don't want to use virtual machines because my pc is freezer
and it runs only on some 21 frames per second which is poor.
But thanks.
Simon

Dňa št, 28. jan 2021, 16:46 Bonaventura de'Vidovich 
napísal(a):

> Hello
>
> *Win 3.11 is a interface, in that case DOS is the real operative system.*
> *Win95 is an operative system (no comment). *
> *There is no DOS. *
> You should install Win95 in a empty disk. It is not possible to copy files
> from an other installation because some files have to be placed in specific
> position in the disk; otherwise your drive don't boot!
> It is possible to do an image of the drive but that is completly an other
> thing.
> Installing WinNT on a drive with DOS it is possible to obtain a double
> boot but I'm quite sure that Win95 don'allow (specific programs permit to
> create double boot).
> A simple trik to perform double (or multiple) boot is to have differnt
> drives (also flash pen) with different O.S. and select which boots from
> bios (or plug in flash pen before boot)
> Other way is Virtual Machines...
>
> Bye
>
> *Bonaventura*
>
> Il 28/01/2021 10.18, Šimon Dobeš ha scritto:
>
> Hello,
> I tried to install windows 95 on my PC. But it ended up with an error. So
> I installed Windows 3.11. Is anyone able to make zip file of C: drive with
> Windows 95 and send me link to download. Then I can unzip it to my c: and
> it should work.
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
>
>
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[Freedos-user] Windows 95

[Šimon Dobeš]

Hello,
I tried to install windows 95 on my PC. But it ended up with an error. 
So I installed Windows 3.11. Is anyone able to make zip file of C: drive 
with Windows 95 and send me link to download. Then I can unzip it to my 
c: and it should work.

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Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject) - problem with 1998 laptop

[Šimon Dobeš]

Thanks
Simon


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Hi Šimon,


 OK
 I will try to explain more properly. I plugged in my Laptop. Pushed down
 the power button and nothing happened. I cleaned up and I did not found
 anything leaked or broken. I think there is a problem with power supply


In my experience with laptops of people I know, the most
common reasons for this are:

- the battery was dead (main battery or CMOS / clock battery)

- the charger / power supply socket no longer made good contact,
  so while you believe everything is connected, no power arrives

- the charger / power supply no longer worked at all (quite often!)

- or, unlikely, you had to reset the CMOS settings or reinstall the OS


 or some circuits. I will keep finding. I have also a battery pack for
 that Laptop too but I am not using since those batteries are way old to
 handle all operations and may explode.
 Simon


As Mateusz explains, it may still be better to connect the battery,
even if the battery is so weak that your computer switches off a
few seconds after you disconnect the power supply from the AC socket.

Luckily, it is easy to get replacement power supply "bricks". Some
are sold with all sorts of connectors and with adjustable voltage.

You have to make sure to use the right voltage, polarity and plug!
Wrong power replacement choices can permanently damage your laptop.

Regards, Eric



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Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

[Šimon Dobeš]

That's good answer. I thought the Laptop have its own regulator built in!

Dňa so, 9. jan 2021, 8:56 Mateusz Viste  napísal(a):

> Note that running a laptop with no battery is not necessarily a good
> idea - some laptops rely on the battery to act as a voltage regulator.
> Running a laptop without its aku pack is how I fried a RAM bank in my
> Toshiba T1100 a couple of years ago. I realized too late that the power
> supply was delivering a much higher voltage than what the laptop
> expected, and needed to be brought down by the battery not to damage
> anything. More recent constructions are probably sturdier, but one
> should be careful nonetheless.
>
> Mateusz
>
>
>
> On 09/01/2021 08:46, Šimon Dobeš wrote:
> > OK
> > I will try to explain more properly. I plugged in my Laptop. Pushed down
> > the power button and nothing happened. I cleaned up and I did not found
> > anything leaked or broken. I think there is a problem with power supply
> > or some circuits. I will keep finding. I have also a battery pack for
> > that Laptop too but I am not using since those batteries are way old to
> > handle all operations and may explode.
> > Simon
> >
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> >
> >> On 1/8/2021 8:28 AM, Šimon Dobeš wrote:
> >>> Hello
> >>> I want to ask if FREEDOS will run on Intel Pentium old-school PC from
> >>> 2002 and if it will work properly if this pc have 256 mb of ram.
> >>> I have a old IBM ThinkPad from 1998 and it is great computer. But it
> >>> is not working. Where I can fix it?
> >>
> >> Well, as others already mentioned, there is no reason why FreeDOS
> >> would NOT run on such a PC. More RAM that you would probably need, but
> >> not a problem either.
> >>
> >> What however is a problem here is that "it is not working" is not a
> >> proper problem description. You need to be far more
> >> precise/descriptive of what exactly you are trying to do and what the
> >> results are. We can not look over your shoulder, and there simply is
> >> not enough information to even make an educated guess...
> >>
> >> Ralf
> >>
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Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

[Šimon Dobeš]

Almost I forgot.
If I will install FreeDOS on that pentium PC that have about 60 GB of 
Hard Disk. May I been able to install some Windows OS? (e.g. Windows 95, 
98, 2000)

Thanks
Simon

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Hello
I want to ask if FREEDOS will run on Intel Pentium old-school PC from 
2002 and if it will work properly if this pc have 256 mb of ram.
I have a old IBM ThinkPad from 1998 and it is great computer. But it is 
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Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

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OK
I will try to explain more properly. I plugged in my Laptop. Pushed down 
the power button and nothing happened. I cleaned up and I did not found 
anything leaked or broken. I think there is a problem with power supply 
or some circuits. I will keep finding. I have also a battery pack for 
that Laptop too but I am not using since those batteries are way old to 
handle all operations and may explode.

Simon

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On 1/8/2021 8:28 AM, Šimon Dobeš wrote:

Hello
I want to ask if FREEDOS will run on Intel Pentium old-school PC from 2002 and 
if it will work properly if this pc have 256 mb of ram.
I have a old IBM ThinkPad from 1998 and it is great computer. But it is not 
working. Where I can fix it?


Well, as others already mentioned, there is no reason why FreeDOS would NOT run 
on such a PC. More RAM that you would probably need, but not a problem either.

What however is a problem here is that "it is not working" is not a proper 
problem description. You need to be far more precise/descriptive of what exactly you are 
trying to do and what the results are. We can not look over your shoulder, and there 
simply is not enough information to even make an educated guess...

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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Virtual Get-together

[Šimon Dobeš]

Thanks for inviting!
Simon

Dňa pi, 8. jan 2021, 21:41 Jim Hall  napísal(a):

> Hi everyone!
>
> We had a great conversation at the last FreeDOS Virtual Get-together, and
> we all wanted to do it again.
>
> Mark your calendars for *Sunday, 24 January, 2021* at *11am US/Central*. Use
> your favorite timezone converter to find your local time.
>
> Just like last time, we'll hold the meeting via BlueJeans
> . I use BlueJeans for my consulting and training
> , so I already have things set up there. You can
> download the BlueJeans Meetings client, or connect from your browser
> without a client.
>
> I'll share the meeting link on the email list, and on the website, and on
> Twitter + Facebook when the get-together starts.
>
> See you there!
>
> Jim
>
>
> *Yes, we'll have another one after that. Plan on the February get-together
> for Sunday, 21 February, 2021. Same time, same place.
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[Freedos-user] (no subject)

[Šimon Dobeš]

Hello
I want to ask if FREEDOS will run on Intel Pentium old-school PC from 2002
and if it will work properly if this pc have 256 mb of ram.
I have a old IBM ThinkPad from 1998 and it is great computer. But it is not
working. Where I can fix it?
Thx
Simon
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