Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDO
From: James Collins --===1824327259386461439== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-106DAF2E-87E3-4B8D-93F7-9F37B5D639AF Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-106DAF2E-87E3-4B8D-93F7-9F37B5D639AF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey guys I just bought soft pic 1.3 unopened in a box with the plastic still on it. What do you think of that ira? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2017, at 5:41 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote: > > Also, try to just install BASE and not FULL. You can install the other packages after the install completes. > > >> On Jan 10, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Ira Minor wrote: >> >> Try using the Legacy Installer CD rather than the Standard one. >> >> Ira >> >> irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 >> >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Lawrence Dionne wrote: >>> I have an old Dell computer: Intel Celeron processor 700Mhz CPU 320MB RAM >>> >>> I thought it would make a nice machine for installin and runnin FreeDOS, but here is the issue: >>> >>> "freedos invalid opcode at 0FAE 1068 0046 0001 0002 0200 0183 4200 0001" >>> >>> I boot the CD, choose "Install to hard drive" and after some text I get a constantly scrollin message. >>> >>> I was able to get it to install, at least partially by the following procedure: >>> >>> Start the CD then after choosing install to hard drive, I press F8 to choose the config.sys settings. >>> >>> Once I skip the "himemx.sys" item, it will install, at least partially. I stops at the 4DOS packages. >>> >>> Does anyone know of a fix for this? Is the computer too 'Old' for FreeDOS? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors >>> Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. >>> With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. >>> Training and support from Colfax. >>> Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi >>> ___ >>> Freedos-user mailing list >>> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >>> >> >> -- >> Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors >> Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. >> With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. >> Training and support from Colfax. >> Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi >> ___ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > Training and support from Colfax. > Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --Apple-Mail-106DAF2E-87E3-4B8D-93F7-9F37B5D639AF Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey guys I just bought soft pic 1.3 unopened in a box with the plastic still on it.What do you think of that ira?Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 10, 2017, at 5:41 PM, Jerome Shidel <mailto:jer...@shidel.net";>jer...@shidel.net> wrote:Also, try to just install BASE and not FULL. You can install the other packages after the install completes. On Jan 10, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Ira Minor <mailto:ira.mi...@gmail.com";>ira.mi...@gmail.com> wrote:Try using the Legacy Installer CD rather than the Standard one.Iramailto:irami...@gmail.com"; target="_blank">irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Lawrence Dionne <mailto:codehunte...@gmail.com"; target="_blank">codehunte...@gmail.com> wrote:I have an old Dell computer: Intel Celeron processor 700Mhz CPU 320MB RAMI thought it would make a nice machine for installin and runnin FreeDOS, but here is the issue:"freedos invalid opcode at 0FAE 1068 0046 0001 0002 0200 0183 4200 0001"I boot the CD, choose "Install to hard drive" and after some text I get a c
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Install
Hey guys I just bought soft pic 1.3 unopened in a box with the plastic still on it. What do you think of that ira? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2017, at 5:41 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote: > > Also, try to just install BASE and not FULL. You can install the other > packages after the install completes. > > >> On Jan 10, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Ira Minor wrote: >> >> Try using the Legacy Installer CD rather than the Standard one. >> >> Ira >> >> irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 >> >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Lawrence Dionne >>> wrote: >>> I have an old Dell computer: Intel Celeron processor 700Mhz CPU 320MB RAM >>> >>> I thought it would make a nice machine for installin and runnin FreeDOS, >>> but here is the issue: >>> >>> "freedos invalid opcode at 0FAE 1068 0046 0001 0002 0200 >>> 0183 4200 0001" >>> >>> I boot the CD, choose "Install to hard drive" and after some text I get a >>> constantly scrollin message. >>> >>> I was able to get it to install, at least partially by the following >>> procedure: >>> >>> Start the CD then after choosing install to hard drive, I press F8 to >>> choose the config.sys settings. >>> >>> Once I skip the "himemx.sys" item, it will install, at least partially. I >>> stops at the 4DOS packages. >>> >>> Does anyone know of a fix for this? Is the computer too 'Old' for FreeDOS? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors >>> Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. >>> With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. >>> Training and support from Colfax. >>> Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi >>> ___ >>> Freedos-user mailing list >>> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >>> >> >> -- >> Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors >> Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. >> With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. >> Training and support from Colfax. >> Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi >> ___ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > Training and support from Colfax. > Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] no sibject
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Re: [Freedos-user] Serial ports versus USB versus virtual computers with DOS guests
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 7, 2011, at 6:41 PM, "Ralf A. Quint" wrote: > At 03:23 PM 9/7/2011, Eric Auer wrote: > >> Hi Ralf, >> >> my idea was that the serial hardware device to USB hardware >> port conversion was done in hardware, so "either covered by >> working hardware or hopeless"... Next step is getting from >> real USB port to anything accessible inside a VM and I had >> the idea that a typical VM shows USB to guests as USB, too. >> >> Of course that means more work for DOS then, but still ;-) >> Probably depends on the VM whether it prefers pass-through >> of raw USB or rather "made up" devices from host OS drivers. >> >> I think it is certainly worth a try. Of course with first >> trying with DOS using real USB on real hardware then :-) > > But that doesn't look like a real option in this case, as he has a > serial device (his external speech synthesizer) and an existing > software (the utilities for said speech synthesizer) he is trying to run. > > As far as (Free)DOS is concerned, it can only provide assistance in > form of DOS routines and info for the serial port that in turn rely > on certain hardware info provided by the BIOS replacement of the VM. > So it's up to the VM to handle this properly and it is my practical > experience that most of them are likely to not properly provide that > info, as most of them simply don't care about such "legacy" devices anymore... > One thing I noticed. When my serial2usb adaptor is connected. And I look in /dev on my computer this is listed: cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF But when I try to open my vm, I get an error: loctl failed for serial host device '/dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF' (VERR_DEV_IO_ERROR). The device will not work properly. And under details- Error ID:DrvHostSerialFail And when I look in /dev cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF Is gone? And my settings for my vm are Ports-->Serial Ports-->Port 1--> Enable serial port, checked Port mode- host device Create pipe, unchecked Port/file path: /dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF > Ralf > > > -- > Using storage to extend the benefits of virtualization and iSCSI > Virtualization increases hardware utilization and delivers a new level of > agility. Learn what those decisions are and how to modernize your storage > and backup environments for virtualization. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51434361/ > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Serial port
Hello, I have an external speech synthesizer that I have been fooling around with on my host os. Mac os x 10.7 lion. In order to use the synthesizer on my mac I had to get a usb2serial adaptor and install it's driver. The driver is based off of the ftdi chipset. My usb2serial adaptor is located at /dev/cu.usbserial-FTKVMAFF on my mac. I have used this path to send text to my synthesizer. I have virtualbox and freedos running as a guest os. There was a utilities disk that came with the synthesizer, and I have copied some programs to my freedos c drive. I wanted to run some of the utilities programs so I hooked up my speech synthesizer connected to my MacBook pro laptop via a USB port, I am using my usb2serial adaptor. And I have my synthesizer turned on. There is a test program included with the utilities. And when I run it it says my synthesizer is not working properly. I have a doubletalk lt external synthesizer. And like I said I verified that it is working. In the manual for the synthesizer it says, that you pro ally don't need to install any additional software. Although there are some special drivers like for windows 98. I am wondering how to set up my device in virtualbox to work with freedos? I have looked in the settings for my guest os, freedos. I see under ports a section on serial ports, and also a section on USB. But I don't know which would relate to my external speech synthesizer. I did click on the little USB icon when freedos was running and my usb2serial device was listed but when I checked it a virtualbox window popped up saying something about an error. I think it referred to ioctl but I can get more info on the exact error. Anyway, I just wondered if anyone had any info or help on getting my speech synthesizer working? Sent from my iPhone -- Using storage to extend the benefits of virtualization and iSCSI Virtualization increases hardware utilization and delivers a new level of agility. Learn what those decisions are and how to modernize your storage and backup environments for virtualization. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51434361/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Usb floppy drive
Hello, I have freedos running as a virtual machine in virtualbox. I am running mac os x 10.7 lion as my guest operating system. I have a usb floppy drive that my mac recognizes. I am wondering if i can enable the usb floppy drive so freedos recognizes it? Sent from my iPhone -- Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Mac os x lion and vm
Hello, I recently updated my macbook pro to mac os x 10.7 lion. I downloaded virtualbox and installed it. My question is i had freedos as a vm on my older version of mac os x. I had put the vm on an external hard drive before updating. I just wondered if i should reinstall freedos rather than using the vm i had saved. I do remember running xfdisk to partition my drive. But just wondered will i run into any problems using the vm of freedos that i had saved? Any help or info would be appreciated. Sent from my iPhone -- Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] UIDE driver help
Hello, I am trying to set up support for a cd/dvd drive on my freedos. I am using vbox on a mac running freedos as my operating system. 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 drivers, that I downloaded on my c drive? I could use some help, my goal is to be able to access my cd/dvd drive on my mac while in freedos. Like I could put in a cd and then in freedos change to drive a or b or whatever letter is assigned the cd drive and access a cd in my MacBook pro cd drive. Any help would be appreciated. Sent from my iPhone -- Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Lynx issues
Hello, Just got lynx running under freedos. I wanted to thank everyone for the help. I ran dhcp through mTCP and then edited wattcp.cfg manually. I guess now I should try and automate some stuff. I wonder why I can't get Ntool to work? I think It would be easier to automate stuff if I got Ntool to work. I have a question about lynx I went to YouTube.com and was going to search for a video and lynx asked me to download an application. Just wondering if it is safe to download the application? And will lynx need software to run, like will a lot of sites want me to download applications and software? Also I wonder are there limitations to lynx running in freedos. Like I wonder with YouTube how would dos play a video? Just curious, I think it is neat to browse with lynx. Anyway thanks again. And any added info or help would be great. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2011, at 8:27 PM, cordat...@aol.com wrote: > > I got Lynx 2.8.5 running on FreeDOS in Virtual Box on Windows. I was able to > navigate to yahoo.com and some other spots. > > There are some "anomolies" in the way Lynx works compared to typical WATTCP > programs. > > It looks like Lynx is using WATT-32 which makes sense in retrospect since > Lynx is compiled with DJGPP. > > Apparently DHCP does not work right in this case. I detected that Lynx sends > a DHCP request message immediately rather than the expected DHCP discover > message (which if successful is then followed by DHCP request). > > Bottom line: Lynx does not work with DHCP. Someone would need to re-link > with a later version of WATT-32 assuming that there exists a later version > with DHCP working right. > > So the idea of using NTOOL is probably the right way to go here. > > Here is my WATTCP.CFG file: > > my_ip = 192.168.1.41 (assigned via DHCP, then manual edit file) > nameserver = 8.8.8.8(google public nameserver) > gateway = 192.168.1.1 (my wireless router) > netmask = 255.255.254.0 > > You need to set up some environment variables. > I put all the lynx files in a directory called c:\lynx. > > I then deleted the local WATTCP.CFG file since I already have one. Again the > behavior is squirrely perhaps because it's using WATT-32. > > SET WATTCP.CFG = C:\ > SET HOME=C:\lynx > SET LYNX_CFG=C:\lynx\lynx.cfg > > Put yourself into the directory c:\lynx, type lynx, things start working... > > I have VirtualBox set up as bridged mode so that the VM gets its own IP from > the router. You could in theory > also do NAT and share the host IP. > > -- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Lynx issues
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2011, at 8:27 PM, cordat...@aol.com wrote: > > I got Lynx 2.8.5 running on FreeDOS in Virtual Box on Windows. I was able to > navigate to yahoo.com and some other spots. > > There are some "anomolies" in the way Lynx works compared to typical WATTCP > programs. > > It looks like Lynx is using WATT-32 which makes sense in retrospect since > Lynx is compiled with DJGPP. > > Apparently DHCP does not work right in this case. I detected that Lynx sends > a DHCP request message immediately rather than the expected DHCP discover > message (which if successful is then followed by DHCP request). > > Bottom line: Lynx does not work with DHCP. Someone would need to re-link > with a later version of WATT-32 assuming that there exists a later version > with DHCP working right. > > So the idea of using NTOOL is probably the right way to go here. I can't get dhcp in Ntool to work? Why come I can get dhcp in mTCP to work but not Ntool? > > Here is my WATTCP.CFG file: > > my_ip = 192.168.1.41 (assigned via DHCP, then manual edit file) > nameserver = 8.8.8.8(google public nameserver) > gateway = 192.168.1.1 (my wireless router) > netmask = 255.255.254.0 > > You need to set up some environment variables. > I put all the lynx files in a directory called c:\lynx. > > I then deleted the local WATTCP.CFG file since I already have one. Again the > behavior is squirrely perhaps because it's using WATT-32. > > SET WATTCP.CFG = C:\ > SET HOME=C:\lynx > SET LYNX_CFG=C:\lynx\lynx.cfg > > Put yourself into the directory c:\lynx, type lynx, things start working... > > I have VirtualBox set up as bridged mode so that the VM gets its own IP from > the router. You could in theory > also do NAT and share the host IP. > > -- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] ntool help
How do I load the packet driver manually? I have been running autoxec.bat via reboot to load the packet driver. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2011, at 3:09 PM, "Willi Wasser" wrote: > > If NTOOL tells you "bootp/dhcp failed" it means exactly what it says. But > this can have two different reasons. Either your packet driver is OK, but no > dhcp server answered NTOOL's request. In this case there must be a problem > with the dhcp server. > > Or your packet driver did not load properly, possibly because it is > misconfigured or invoked with incorrect parameters. Watch carefully the > messages the packet driver issues while loading. Sometimes it helps in > debugging to load the packet driver manually as it is easier this way to read > all the messages. Usually the packet driver reports the ehternet address of > the card it found. Does it look reasonable? > > And mTCP's DHCP message "failure to get dhcp address. check your cabling and > packet driver settings" means the very same thing. > > If you failed to load the packet driver completely, then NTOOL would tell you > "NO PACKET DRIVER FOUND" while mTCP's DHCP would write "Could not access > packet driver". > > > ___ > Empfehlen Sie WEB.DE DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir > belohnen Sie mit bis zu 100,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.web.de > > -- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] ntool help
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2011, at 1:00 PM, cordat...@aol.com wrote: > First, it was not necessary to re-install FreeDOS. > > Lynx, Ntool, and all other WATTCP programs are applications, not part of the > operating system. > The only OS related thing to consider is whether the packet driver is loaded. > > It sounds like now that your virtual machine settings may have changed such > that DHCP is not > working. > > But back to your original problem - how to know if you are accessing the > right WATTCP.CFG file? > > You can add a line to WATTCP.CFG using the PRINT directive. So create a > WATTCP.CFG file > which contains only the following line: > > PRINT = "James WATTCP.CFG file has been accessed" > > Or whatever text you want. When you run either NTOOL or LYNX if you see this > line printed out during > initialization then you know that your config file and not that of some evil > genius, has been accessed. I added the print line, and when I ran ntool it displayed the print statement and then bootp/dhcp failed > > WATTCP will access one and only one config file. First it looks at the > environment variable WATTCP.CFG which represents a directory (not a file > name!) if this environment variable does not exist it uses the current > directory. It > looks first for the file name WATTCP.CFG and if not found for the file name > TCP.CFG. I have under the set command set wattcp.cfg=c:\fdos\bin so should that be a directory? I have been assuming that is a file? Ntool is seeing it because it printed the line I used in the print statement? Maybe why dhcp is working through dhcp is because it is using tcp.cfg. Because dhcp is working now when I run it through mTCP. I just ran it again and now it isn't working. I do have dhcp set up to run a trace maybe someone would like to look at it? > > I recommend playing around with different config files using the PRINT > directive to completely understand which file the applications will access. > You could have one file in directory c:\tmp with PRINT = "config file in TMP" > and another file in C:\BIN with PRINT = "config file in BIN" and try to > access these files by being in the current directory and using the WATTCP.CFG > environment variable. > > In any case your applications will access one and only one WATTCP.CFG file > (unless that config file has the INCLUDE directive). > > So that will eliminate a mystery config file setting some strange IP address > and get you to the point where you completely understand which config file is > being used. > > Regarding DHCP not working anymore that sounds like an incorrect packet > driver for your VM or a setting on the VM or a virtual bridge > misconfiguration. > > > > > -Original Message- > From: James Collins > To: freedos-user > Sent: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 11:15 am > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] ntool help > > hello, > > > > > > I reinstalled freedos to get a fresh start. > > > > > > I just now have been fooling around with ntool and mTCP. > > > > > > just now I got dhcp under mTCP to work. but now it isn't working. I can't get > > > ntool to work either? > > > > > > when I run dhcp through mTCP I get an error: failure to get dhcp address. > check > > > your cabling and packet driver settings. > > > > > > I have tcp.cfg, edited and I have the packet driver that I need. and the > packet > > > driver is loaded via autoexec.bat. > > > > > > and I just got dhcp to work. when I run ntool I get bootp/dhcp failed. > > > > > > like I said I reinstalled freedos, one reason I did reinstall was to try to > > > figure anything about wattcp.cfg. > > > > > > as far as I know I have wattcp.cfg in > > > c:\fdos\bin\wattcp.cfg > > > > > > I edited wattcp.cfg to just have the line my_ip=dhcp > > > when I run ntool and it fails, I then look at wattcp.cfg and it is empty? > like > > > the my_ip=dhcp is gone. mtcp's dhcp doesn't do this. > > > > > > I just renamed wattcp.cfg to wattold.cfg and ran ntool again it ran without > any > > > error and wrote nothing to the screen. > > > > > > this makes me think that these programs are like you said getting a fixed ip > > > somewhere. but I am not sure. > > > > > > like I said I reinstalled freedos. > > > > > > any help would be appreciated > > > > > > Sent from m
Re: [Freedos-user] ntool help
hello, I reinstalled freedos to get a fresh start. I just now have been fooling around with ntool and mTCP. just now I got dhcp under mTCP to work. but now it isn't working. I can't get ntool to work either? when I run dhcp through mTCP I get an error: failure to get dhcp address. check your cabling and packet driver settings. I have tcp.cfg, edited and I have the packet driver that I need. and the packet driver is loaded via autoexec.bat. and I just got dhcp to work. when I run ntool I get bootp/dhcp failed. like I said I reinstalled freedos, one reason I did reinstall was to try to figure anything about wattcp.cfg. as far as I know I have wattcp.cfg in c:\fdos\bin\wattcp.cfg I edited wattcp.cfg to just have the line my_ip=dhcp when I run ntool and it fails, I then look at wattcp.cfg and it is empty? like the my_ip=dhcp is gone. mtcp's dhcp doesn't do this. I just renamed wattcp.cfg to wattold.cfg and ran ntool again it ran without any error and wrote nothing to the screen. this makes me think that these programs are like you said getting a fixed ip somewhere. but I am not sure. like I said I reinstalled freedos. any help would be appreciated Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2011, at 6:20 PM, "Willi Wasser" wrote: >> i just tried to run ntool and i got back an ip address of: >> MY_IP=0.0.0.0 > > NTOOL is a WATTCP application itself, one that is linked to a relatively > recent version of the WATTCP library that does support dhcp properly. That > means, it will try to get its ip parameters from dhcp if the WATTCP.CFG file > it finds at program start tells it to do so by specifying "MY_IP=DHCP" or if > it doesn't find a WATTCP.CFG file at all. In this case it will write > something like "Configuring through BOOTP/DHCP" to the screen. > > If on the other hand it finds a WATTCP.CFG file that defines a static ip > address, then it will simply accept this setting, assuming that you know what > you are doing. Nevertheless NTOOL -g " " will output the actual ip parameters > that are in effect in this moment. > > So if NTOOL just tells you "MY_IP=0.0.0.0" without any message about using > dhcp, then you probably have a WATTCP.CFG file somwhere which defined that > address. Probably you just copied that file from somewhere and failed to > adjust it to your personal needs. Try to find that file and make it > "invisible" to the program, by re-naming it or by deleting it completely. > > If that helps, you could even try whether you need NTOOL (or any other > external dhcp client) at all. Perhaps lynx just has the very same problem? If > the lynx version you use, is also linked to a more recent version of WATTCP, > then it could do this all by itself. It not, you could still use NTOOL. > > ___ > Empfehlen Sie WEB.DE DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir > belohnen Sie mit bis zu 100,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.web.de > > -- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] ntool help
From: Willi Wasser To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 4:12:27 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] ntool help > hello, > I want to use ntool to redirect output of dhcp to wattcp.cfg. > I am confused by the -g command line option. what does mean? > does anyone know what I would enter, using ntool to redirect output of dhcp > to >wattcp.cfh? The short answer is: NTOOL -g " " > WATTCP.CFG Use one (or more) space characters enclosed in a pair of quotatation marks for . This would give you something like: MY_IP=192.168.1.1 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.1.254 NAMESERVER=192.76.23.54 i just tried to run ntool and i got back an ip address of: MY_IP=0.0.0.0 i am trying to run lynx, and when i try to start lynx i get an error saying all attempts at getting an ip address have failed. the ntool command i used was ntool -g " " > C:\FDOS\LYNX\WATTCP.CFG i have typed out the wattcp.cfg file after running ntool and it says my ip as alll zeroes. another question, when using ntool to get info for wattcp.cfg i first am running ntool with the -g command line option, then i use the set command to set wattcp.cfg to where i had ntool redirect the info to, and then i try to start lynx. i am just wondering, in regards to my info should that work, i was thinking like you suggested of somehow writing some batch files if i could get lynx up and running. but i havent been able to start it yet. btw i used mTCP to get my network info. and that seems to be working. thanks for the help. which is exactly what you need as a (minimal) WATTCP.CFG file. If you need a more sohisticated WATTCP.CFG set-up, you could write a second file (say WATTCP0.CFG), that holds all those entries not provided by NTOOL. e.g. like this: TXBUFSIZE=8196 RXBUFSIZE=8196 PRINTER1NAME=LPT1 you would then add some lines like the following ones to your start-up batch file: NTOOL -g " " > WATTCP.CFG TYPE WATTCP0.CFG >> WATTCP.CFG please observe the double chevrons in the second line, they cause the content of the second file to be appended to the first one. Otherwise you would just clobber it. Now, what is the purpose of at all? The long answer is: It gives you more flexibility. If it is anything but a string that consists only of blanks, then will be prepended to each line of NTOOL's output. If you try e.g. NTOOL -g "SET " (mind the space between the "T" and the closing quotation mark) then you would get something like this: SET MY_IP=192.168.1.1 SET NETMASK=255.255.255.0 SET GATEWAY=192.168.1.254 SET NAMESERVER=192.76.23.54 re-directing this into a batch file and then calling that (secondary) batchfile from the primary one like this: NTOOL -g "SET " > SETPARM.BAT @CALL SETPARM.BAT will cause environment variables to be set with the respective values. These variables can then be further processed (used) in many ways. Or you try NTOOL -g "ECHO " > IPCONFIG.BAT which would mimic the IPCONFIG commmand known from other TCP/IP implementations. The reason for the somewhat confusing character of is that the routine within NTOOL that parses the command line only supports command line switches (like -g) that have either allways an argument or never. Optional arguments are not supported. Therefore the "dummy" string is required, even if you actually don't want to prepend anything. But i think, this is just an inconvenience, not a real problem. BTW, do you know the meaning of the acronym RTFM? :-) no. maybe rich text something? i dont know? ___ Schon gehört? WEB.DE hat einen genialen Phishing-Filter in die Toolbar eingebaut! http://produkte.web.de/go/toolbar -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] lynx
I am running lynx 2.8.5 it came with the version of freedos that I got. freedos 1.0. I am running freedos through virtualbox on my MacBook pro laptop running mac os 10.6.4. I was going to try and get lynx running. I haven't been able to launch it yet. I used ntool's -g command line option to redirect my network info to wattcp.cfg. I started lynx with: lynx -cfg c:\fdos\lynx\lynx.cfg because I had read in the lynx configuration I could use that, if lynx.cfg wasn't where lynx would look for it. I haven't been able to get lynx to startup yet. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2011, at 11:22 PM, "Jose antonio Senna" wrote: > On March 14 Jim Collins wrote: > >> I don't think the wattcp.cfg file is a problem, at least >> judging by the error messages I have been getting (even >> though I did copy wattcp.cfg into the directory where the >> lynxbat.bat file is located) > >> an error I get often is: >> Configuration file /dev/env/DJDIR/lib/lynx.cfg is not available > >> I have a file in the dir where I have lynxbat.bat that is >> called lynxcfg.cfg, I don't know if this is the file they >> are referring to. I have opened lynxcfg.cfg and read some. >> when I type out lynxcfg.cfg it says a couple of things, > >> 1. it has a comment right at the top and it calls >> the file lynx.cfg >> 2. it has a comment that says the default location of this file is: >> /usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg (unix) >> I am running mac os x, which I think is a form of unix. >> I went into a terminal on my host computer but I cant find >> those folders they don't match my host computer. > > Michael Brutman asked an important question: > What version of lynx are you using ? > > I add these other questions: > 1) You say you are using mac os x. This means you are running > freedos under an emulator ? > > 2) Where did you get yur version of lynx ? I would like to > take a look at it. > > I use lynx everyday, but there are quite a few versions > around, and they are not exact replacements of each other. > I do not use an emulator, but run DOS (DR, Free or MS) as > the operating system. > > AFAIK, lynx looks for a lynx.cfg file in the directory > the lynx.exe file resides. You can change this by setting > the environment variable "lynx_cfg" . This file is > not strictly needed, because you may set all options in > the command line, but there are so many options that it > will be an awkward command line, to say the least. > > Regards > JAS > > > -- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] ntool help
hello, I want to use ntool to redirect output of dhcp to wattcp.cfg. I am confused by the -g command line option. what does mean? does anyone know what I would enter, using ntool to redirect output of dhcp to wattcp.cfh? Sent from my iPhone -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] redirecting mTCP dhcp
hello, I have been trying to set up lynx on a computer running freedos. I downloaded mTCP and tried to redirect dhcp to point to a file called wattcp.cfg. I changed into my mTCP directory where the dhcp exe is and redirected it by using the > character to a directory where I placed wattcp.cfg. but I get an error when I try to run lynx saying that: lynx file lynx.lss is not available it goes on to say: all attempt (config-file/dhcp/bootp/rarp) to get a ip-address failed. I have lynx.lss in two directories where I think lynx would look. also I have redirected dhcp which I got from mTCP, and I think is working correctly to wattcp.cfg. but I can't get lynx to startup. any help would be appreciated Sent from my iPhone -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] lynx
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 13, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Jose Antonio Senna wrote: > In reply to my suggestions, Jim Collins wrote: > >>> set HOME=. >>> set wattcp.cfg=%HOME% > >>> set wattcp_cfg=.\ >>> with an underdash, not a dot. > >> I edited lynxbat.bat to have the underscore with no luck > > > Did you try > > set HOME=.\ > set wattcp_cfg=%HOME% > > I am not sure whether "." only shall work, > or whether you must use ".\" to mean the > CWD. And what about using > > set HOME=.\ > set wattcp_cfg=.\ > > that is more explicit. > >>> I just tried it right now at the c:\ prompt- >>> c:\fdos\lynx> lynx >>> c:\fdos\temp\: no such directory > >> the sign was part of the prompt. > > So your current working directory was c:\fdos\lynx , > and the wattcp.cfg file was there. So, where the > reference to c:\fdos\temp\ came from ? i looked at the set command, one thing I noticed was my temp dir was listed as c:\fdos\temp I think that is why I got the initial error, regarding the temp directory. I tried to edit my autoexec.bat file to set my temp directory to where it was located in my file structure. which was c:\fdos\bin\temp but when I restarted my computer and ran the lynxbat.bat file followed by the set command it changed back to c:\fdos\temp I did make a temp directory in c:\fdos and that error went away I don't think the wattcp.cfg file is a problem, atleast judging by the error messages I have been getting (even though I did copy wattcp.cfg into the directory where the lynxbat.bat file is located) an error I get often is: Configuration file /dev/env/DJDIR/lib/lynx.cfg is not available I have a file in the dir where I have lynxbat.bat that is called lynxcfg.cfg, I don't know if this is the file they are referring to. I have opened lynxcfg.cfg and read some. when I type out lynxcfg.cfg it says a couple of things, 1. it has a comment right at the top and it calls the file lynx.cfg 2. it has a comment that says the default location of this file is: /usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg (unix) I am running mac os x, which I think is a form of unix. I went into a terminal on my host computer but I cant find those folders they don't match my host computer. lynxcfg.cfg goes on to say that you can change the default location of lynx.cfg in the userdefs.h file and recompile it or you can use the -cfg command line option, which I have tried with no luck. I wonder why my version of freedos called lynx.cfg lynxcfg.cfg. I also wonder why my autoexec.bat set the temp directory wrong. I have tried lynx a number of different ways starting with your suggestions for wattcp.cfg. and editing lynxbat.bat a number of different ways, with no luck any more help would be great > > Try the command > > set > > without any parameters. This shall display > all your environment variables, with the > implicit values already explicited. > > Regards > JAS > > > -- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] setting up lynx
hello, I have freedos running in virtualbox on my laptop. I am trying to set up lynx which came with freedos. I could use some help. when I first tried to run the lynx exe file I got an error saying that c:\fdos\temp directory doesn't exist. I was told by a member of the mailing list, that I should run the batch files that came with lynx. and to edit some files to set up some paths to wattcp.cfg. I have looked on google for info on setting up lynx with freedos. but haven't found any info. I thought maybe someone on the mailing list could help me. Sent from my iPhone -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] lynx
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2011, at 9:54 PM, "Jose Antonio Senna" wrote: > James Collins said: > >> I looked at lynxbat.bat and the batch files says: >> set HOME=. >> set wattcp.cfg=%HOME% >> so is the batch file expecting to find wattcp.cfg >> in the current directory? > It is telling lynx to search for wattcp.cfg in the > current working directory. Note that (at least for > the version of lynx I use), it should have been > set wattcp_cfg=.\ > with an underdash, not a dot. I edited lynxbat.bat to have the underscore with no luck > >> I copied wattcp.cfg to the directory where lynbat.bat >> is, on my computer it is c:\fdos\lynx >> I know wattcp.cfg is on my computer at >> c:\fdos\bin, that is where I copied it from >> should I edit the batch file to reflect this, > The wattcp_cfg variable shall point to whatever > directory your wattcp.cfg file is in. Note that > the file wattcp.cfg is rewritten at every > restart of the connection. > >> the %, confuses me. > This is to tell DOS it shall replace the name between > the % signs with the environment variable so named. > >> I just tried it right now at the c:\ prompt- >> c:\fdos\lynx> lynx >> c:\fdos\temp\: no such directory > Did you type the "greater than" sign between > the first and the second "lynx" in the second > line above or c:\fdos\lynx was your current > directory and the sign was part of the prompt ? the sign was part of the prompt. > > Best regards > JAS > > > -- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Dhcp
hello I am a little confused about lynx. I looked at lynxbat.bat and the batch files says: set HOME=. set wattcp.cfg=%HOME% so is the batch file expecting to find wattcp.cfg in the current directory? I coppied wattcp.cfg to the directory where lynbat.bat is, on my computer it is c:\fdos\lynx I know wattcp.cfg is on my computer at c:\fdos\bin, that is where I copied it from should I edit the batch file to reflect this, the %, confuses me. like should I say: set wattcp.cfg=%dosdir%\bin\wattcp.cfg I did run the batch files but when I try to run lynx I get no such directory. I just tried it right now at the c:\ prompt- c:\fdos\lynx> lynx c:\fdos\temp\: no such directory I could use some help figuring this out thanks in advance Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2011, at 1:05 PM, ellsn...@aol.com wrote: > When I installed lynx, I had to change some of the directories in the > batch files. Check if the wattcp.cfg directory is correct in > %dosdir%\lynx\lynxbat.bat. You should run %dosdir%\bin\lynx.bat because > the batch file sets some environment variables lynx needs to run. > However, you could set them from the command line, but it is easier to > use the batch file. Hope this helps. > > ---Original Message- > From: James Collins > To: freedos-user > Sent: Wed, Jan 12, 2011 10:02 am > Subject: [Freedos-user] Dhcp > > Hello, > When I installed freedos, I have a MacBook pro running Mac os x snow > leopard, the install got hung up on dhcp configuration. > > I tried several times where I entered the settings manually edited the > configuration file manual and chose the default with no luck. > > Most everything else got installed, I was able to get to the c drive > etc., I went into the lynx directory and tried to start the lynx > executable. But it wouldn't start. My computer said no such directory, > even though the lynx file is an executable? > > So I am wondering 1. Is there anyway to configure dhcp? Either by > reinstalling or setting it up now? 2. If I can't configure dhcp, why > did my computer say no such directory when I tried to launch lynx? Like > is dos installed properly? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Sent from my iPhone > - > - > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > -- > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] freedos installation dhcp problem
hello, I am trying to install freedos on a mac using virtualbox. everything goes good until I get to the dhcp setup line. I chose option 1. use default dhcp for wattcp.cfg but the install hangs with ...no nameserver defined. just got a new laptop, and can't remember how I got around this problem before. I think I had freedos up and running on my old laptop. any help would be appreciated Sent from my iPhone -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] cd rom support
hello, just got a new laptop. I was just wondering before I install frerdos, is it possible to get support of my cd rom drive? one of the things I found disappointing about freedos was the lack of floppy support and cd drive support. I am wondering if I can somehow install a couple of drivers and edit my configuration file if I could get support for a floppy and or cd drive? thanks in advance Sent from my iPhone -- Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] network and usb floppy access on mac [was: Dhcp]
I am using I GUI program of qemu and when I create my drive that I boot freedos from I have options for the hard disk I have chosen qcow, my other options are no hard disk, new 10mb compressed disk image, new 100mb compressed disk image, new 4gb compressed disk image, new 4gb raw disk image(for windows), create other disk image, choose other disk image And when I boot from fdfullcd.iso and run fdisk to create a partition I choose the max. But when I go to install I get an error on the second screen where there are files that can be checked or unchecked the error is: ERROR! Not enough disk space for package. I restart and don't install but choose to run freedos from the CDROM to run fdisk to try and figure out what is wrong? And it asks me if I want to use large disk support, I say yes. I have an option under fdisk 5. Change current fixed disk drive Which I think is my problem? When I choose 5. It says there are 2 fixed disk drives one has 100mb and 100mb free, but usage is 0% The other one says 1mb nothing under free and 100% usage Then underneath these it says c: 1 Which I don't know if the 1 refers to mb or fixed disk 1 But shouldn't 100mb be enough to install freedos? I have tried to install this in qemu GUI program several times. And when I initially run fdisk to partition the drive I use the max available? Is it possible that my computer is trying to install to a fixed disk 2? I have tried to use option 5. Under fdisk to switch to fixed disk 1 which is like 100mb, I am stuck, all the tutorials I have read don't deal with this, so I know something isn't right but don't know how to fix it? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 14, 2011, at 4:50 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi! > >>> I have used fdisk to partition my drive at like a 100mb > >> A full install probably needs much more than that... > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=Install#Known_problems > > tells about this: > >> XHARBOUR (a free CLIPPER clone, 8 MB) needs the OWATCOM >> package: That package needs at least 30 MB disk space. >> Other large packages are FPASCAL (free Pascal, 31 MB), >> KRAPTOR (11 MB), Image MAGICK (8 MB), free DOOM (21 MB), >> and VIM (consists of several packages, ca 20 MB). Without >> those packages, installing all other (more than 200) packages >> of the FULLCD needs less than 100 MB disk space. > >> For sure you can manually install a much smaller amount, but >> I'm not sure how customizable the "old" installer is. > > In the old installer, you can select all packages for > all categories manually, but of course if you want to > do that, you have to toggle lots of checkboxes. Default > is as far as I remember to install whole categories. > >> (Jim Hall's already been rewriting it lately.) > > The new installer is less interactive, I think. People > have 100s of MB free on every USB stick or SD card... > > However, you are of course welcome to do a BASE install > and then use FDPKG to install a few selected non-BASE > packages manually later. Actually you can install most > of the packages simply by unzipping them with any unzip > tool into your dos directory (e.g. C:\FDOS or FREEDOS) > and you can download and copy them in any way you like. > >>> Another error I have come across is if I try to format the >>> drive it fails saying something like drive sectors >>> not 1, 4 , 6, 16, 32 etc but 0.0 kb > >>> I don't know the exact error it returns with result 4. >>> And I don't know if these are related > > Looking in the FreeDOS FORMAT source code, you may mean: > >> FATAL: Cluster size not 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64k but... > > When you use FORMAT /D (debug mode) it will return error 59 > which is more fine-grained than error 4, and show more info. > > It is possible that you needed to reboot after fdisk and > before formatting. Another typical problem could be that > your drive is not a real sector based drive at all. Yet > at least in DOSEMU, FORMAT would notice that on time and > show a more useful error message than just about clusters. > > If you try to FORMAT in a non-DOS operating system and the > target drive is not FAT but e.g. NTFS, similar confusion > could occur. If you can already access a drive, you should > not format it again anyway. In particular, if your DOS FAT > drive will be on a multi boot system, you can let existing > other operating systems format the drive to FAT in a safer > way and then just let DOS install to that prepared drive. > > You should have a look at the FORMAT /D output if you want > to try using FORMAT again and want to find out what failed. > Then you can also report more details about the problem. > > Good luck! > > Eric :-) > > > -- > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you >
Re: [Freedos-user] network and usb floppy access on mac [was: Dhcp]
I am trying to install freedos with qemu, but I am coming across an error when I go to run the install? The error is saying not enough disk space very early on in the install? I have used fdisk to partition my drive at like a 100mb Another error I have come across is if I try to format the drive it fails saying something like drive sectors not 1, 4 , 6, 16, 32 etc but 0.0 kb I don't know the exact error it returns with result 4. And I don't know if these are related Sent from my iPhone On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:01 AM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On 1/13/11, James Collins wrote: >> >> One of my goals is to set up dhcp, cause I didn't during the install. I >> would like to fool around with lynx within in freedos. > > It might be easier to use a native Mac compile of Lynx. I know that's > probably not what you want to hear, but it's true. > >> I have some older software like word perfect, some games etc. That I wanted >> to install. > > Games are best in DOSBox, esp. when you need SoundBlaster support, > which modern soundcards don't support natively anymore. Word Perfect > probably runs there too, but again, it's probably easier to just use a > native build of something else (AbiWord, OpenOffice, KOffice). :-/ > >> I really want to be able to type a: at a dos prompt and access my floppy >> drive, right now I can't burn a cd because my cd/DVD drive isn't working, I >> am going to fix it. > > You can (try to) boot from USB, probably, but that still won't help if > you don't have some kind of BIOS. See > http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ . > >> I know that I got dosbox to recognize my floppy drive? > > DOSBox should recognize it since it just uses the host OS to access > everything. > >> I want to set up mTCP >> which I got to set up dhcp, and I have a folder on my Mac but don't know how >> to get it into freedos? > > Mac OS X Terminal -> "man mount" ... You should be able to mount a FAT > partition from within Mac OS X (or FreeBSD). Also try "man mtools" > just in case it's installed. > >> I have also copied it to a floppy, but freedos isn't recognizing my floppy >> drive? > > Did you install BootCamp? Can you? > >> I guess one thing I would like to be able to do is put software into freedos >> from my Mac. I have used disk utility to partition my hard drive and I set >> up some fat space. I was originally gonna use it for freedos but then I got >> virtualbox. > > BOCHS, QEMU, and VirtualBox have all been known to emulate FreeDOS to > a reasonable degree (though you need some kind of floppy disk or CD > image). It's probably your best bet while on a Mac outside of just > trying Linux + DOSEMU. > > -- > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] network and usb floppy access on mac [was: Dhcp]
Hello, One of my goals is to set up dhcp, cause I didn't during the install. I would like to fool around with lynx within in freedos. I have some older software like word perfect, some games etc. That I wanted to install. I really want to be able to type a: at a dos prompt and access my floppy drive, right now I can't burn a cd because my cd/DVD drive isn't working, I am going to fix it. I know that I got dosbox to recognize my floppy drive? I want to set up mTCP which I got to set up dhcp, and I have a folder on my Mac but don't know how to get it into freedos? I have also copied it to a floppy, but freedos isn't recognizing my floppy drive? I guess one thing I would like to be able to do is put software into freedos from my Mac. I have used disk utility to partition my hard drive and I set up some fat space. I was originally gonna use it for freedos but then I got virtualbox. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On 1/12/11, Eric Auer wrote: >> >> As Mac understands FAT, >> it might help to copy the files to any FAT drive, eg >> USB stick, USB harddisk or floppy, and then "connect" >> that to your VirtualBox (probably configuration thing >> which needs restarting the DOS)... > > Not sure, I think directly using USB from inside VirtualBox is > experimental (read: probably buggy) and not supported in the OSE > version. (Sorry to be such a pessimist.) > >> Note that for normal PC BIOSes you often get USB drives >> recognized by having them connected before DOS boots... >> In that case, DOS does not need a driver as the BIOS is >> doing the work. > > Forgot about that, yeah it sometimes works (with bugs), but it does > also mean you can't hotplug / swap at runtime. > >> In virtualbox, support might differ and >> if you try using DOS USB drivers there, virtualbox will >> have to simulate USB hardware/chipset connected to your >> actual USB drive, which might complicate things. > > I do know that VirtualBox has some issues with DOS (e.g. no SB > support), so normally I don't use DOS there. Not sure if they fixed > some of them (EMM386 conflict) though one of the recent ones claims > to. Probably unchecking VT-X in the config helps but is slower. > >> There was some page by Uli Hansen about the use of >> various network stuff with DOS, MS network shares >> via MSCLIENT included as far as I remember. > > Right, did I accidentally say MS SHARE? I meant "NET SHARE" or > whatever the syntax is. > >> In DOSEMU things are usually easy, but that is only >> available for Linux. Not sure about BSD Unixes such >> as MacOS in that context. > > *BSD has doscmd but I haven't tried it (yet), probably very buggy and > weak as it's quite old and unmaintained. I know they claim DOSBox and > VirtualBox both work on BSD. There are even still others (pcxt, pcemu) > untested by me. But yeah, DOSEMU is Linux only, but you can (I think?) > boot Ubuntu off Macs nowadays. > >> There are floppy images like NWDSK (veder.com?) which >> autodetect many network chipsets. > > Call me a skeptic, but things like that almost never work (for me). > Others smarter than me seem to have better luck, though (e.g. BTTR > crowd). > > P.S. The obvious question is, "What application(s) are you trying to > run on FreeDOS?" It's easier when we know the goal to make concrete > suggestions. > > -- > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Dhcp
The part of the email that goes from where? I don't have in my email. I have a folder on my desktop on my MacBook pro that I want to copy into freedos. I copied the folder to an external USB floppy on my laptop. But freedos isn't recognizing it. I was thinking that this might be a virtualbox issue rather than freedos. I am going to try and figure out how I can get freedos to recognize my floppy drive. Is there a way to have freedos recognize files on my hard drive? Like can I copy files from my macs hard drive into freedos? The part of the email c:\old etc. I dont understand? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On 1/12/11, James Collins wrote: >> >> I am wondering how to get a file I downloaded into freedos? Is there away in >> freedos to copy a folder into freedos? >> >> What I was going to do was edit the mTCP configuration file put it on my c:\ >> drive and then run dhcp? >> >> But I don't know how to get the folder into my freedos c drive? > >> From where? "ren c:\old c:\new" should work. Or across different > drives you probably have to do "move d:\old c:\new". Or just "xcopy /s > d:\old c:\new" (doesn't delete d:\old\*.*). Beware the "move doesn't > delete +r" bug. (A decent file manager like Doszip or NDN helps a lot > here.) > > Nobody mentioned it yet, but I think the real problem is that the FD > 1.0 .ISO had broken network detection. Or at least that's what I > heard. I don't understand networking at all, and most of my hardware > seems to always lack drivers, so I never bothered trying in FreeDOS > (and have troubles even with more popular OSes, yuck). > > -- > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Dhcp
Hello, I am wondering how to get a file I downloaded into freedos? Is there away in freedos to copy a folder into freedos? What I was going to do was edit the mTCP configuration file put it on my c:\ drive and then run dhcp? But I don't know how to get the folder into my freedos c drive? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Mike Eriksen wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:34 PM, James Collins > wrote: >> Thanks for the reply and link, >> >> I downloaded mTCP, >> So I guess I have to install this, some how and then I can reinstall freedos >> and dhcp should configure? > > Install it on top of FreeDOS - first FD then mTCP. I only used it once > last summer so I'm not experienced, but at that time it was trivial. > Just read the docs. > > Mike > >> I have to read the files that came with mTCP, >> >> Thanks again, any help with setting this up would be great. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 12, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Mike Eriksen >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM, James Collins >>> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> When I installed freedos, I have a MacBook pro running Mac os x snow >>>> leopard, the install got hung up on dhcp configuration. >>>> >>>> I tried several times where I entered the settings manually edited the >>>> configuration file manual and chose the default with no luck. >>>> >>>> Most everything else got installed, I was able to get to the c drive etc., >>>> I went into the lynx directory and tried to start the lynx executable. But >>>> it wouldn't start. My computer said no such directory, even though the >>>> lynx file is an executable? >>>> >>>> So I am wondering 1. Is there anyway to configure dhcp? Either by >>>> reinstalling or setting it up now? 2. If I can't configure dhcp, why did >>>> my computer say no such directory when I tried to launch lynx? Like is dos >>>> installed properly? >>>> >>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>> Did you install a TCP stack in the first place? That doesn't come >>> natively. If not this one is a (good) possibility: >>> >>> http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/ >>> >>> Mike > > -- > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Dhcp
Thanks for the reply and link, I downloaded mTCP, So I guess I have to install this, some how and then I can reinstall freedos and dhcp should configure? I have to read the files that came with mTCP, Thanks again, any help with setting this up would be great. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Mike Eriksen wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM, James Collins > wrote: >> Hello, >> When I installed freedos, I have a MacBook pro running Mac os x snow >> leopard, the install got hung up on dhcp configuration. >> >> I tried several times where I entered the settings manually edited the >> configuration file manual and chose the default with no luck. >> >> Most everything else got installed, I was able to get to the c drive etc., I >> went into the lynx directory and tried to start the lynx executable. But it >> wouldn't start. My computer said no such directory, even though the lynx >> file is an executable? >> >> So I am wondering 1. Is there anyway to configure dhcp? Either by >> reinstalling or setting it up now? 2. If I can't configure dhcp, why did my >> computer say no such directory when I tried to launch lynx? Like is dos >> installed properly? >> >> Any help would be appreciated. > > Did you install a TCP stack in the first place? That doesn't come > natively. If not this one is a (good) possibility: > > http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/ > > Mike > > -- > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Dhcp
Hello, When I installed freedos, I have a MacBook pro running Mac os x snow leopard, the install got hung up on dhcp configuration. I tried several times where I entered the settings manually edited the configuration file manual and chose the default with no luck. Most everything else got installed, I was able to get to the c drive etc., I went into the lynx directory and tried to start the lynx executable. But it wouldn't start. My computer said no such directory, even though the lynx file is an executable? So I am wondering 1. Is there anyway to configure dhcp? Either by reinstalling or setting it up now? 2. If I can't configure dhcp, why did my computer say no such directory when I tried to launch lynx? Like is dos installed properly? Any help would be appreciated. Sent from my iPhone -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
