Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 - The Final Chapter.

2016-03-08 Thread Jerome Shidel 

Hello Don,

> Jerome, this is not an installer issue, it occurs following an otherwise 
> successful install and reboot. I think it is a DOSLFN/Memory Management/SHELL 
> issue. It's a bug that has been around for a long time and the only way I 
> have gotten rid of it is to forgo DOSLFN.
> 
> On another note, I am in need of a generic DOS program installer, V8 looks 
> like what I want, perhaps after FD 1.2 is released you could contribute such 
> a tool to the repo?

V8 is included in the FDI Preview development builds and will ship with FreeDOS 
1.2. It is also available on the FreeDOS repo. However, the latest version is 
always available on http://up.lod.bz 

A little bit of back story on the birth of V8Power Tools. Basically, Jim wanted 
the FreeDOS installer to be a batch file that used utilities that were nicer 
than using the standard choice command. So, hum a set of utilities that can be 
used from any batch file to create a fairly nice UI. Ones that are not to 
difficult to use. Require no hard drive space for storing data. Use no ram for 
storage. So, I gave it some thought and figured sure I can do that. So, V8 was 
born to make a nicer batch file interface. 

Everything in FDI that the user sees and interacts with is powered by V8. 
Except FDIMPLES. V8 could do the detailed package selection stuff in advanced 
mode. But, it was quicker and easier just to build a program to modify a 
package list and give it back to FDI. Everything else including package list 
processing, custom theming, multi-language support and the rest is done through 
batch logic, V8 and a couple other command line tools. 

vecho is really nice for doing multicolored text output. Things like "vecho 
/fRed this is red /FGray and /Fyellow this is yellow."

A lot of things can been accomplished with the V8 toolset. For example. I use 
it as the backbone for building the Preview releases. With one command 'mkFDI 
all', a very complex 15 minute long process starts building a release from 
scratch. Takes the raw source files and repo cd packages to make the boot 
floppy and both USB images. 
Parsing package lists, pulling data from index files. It's probably more 
complex than the actual installer. But, it is not as flexible as FDI. 

Anyhow, a general program installer? Won't a zip package that is compatible 
with FDNPKG and FDINST be sufficient?  

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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 - The Final Chapter.

2016-03-08 Thread Don Flowers 
Jerome, this is not an installer issue, it occurs following an otherwise
successful install and reboot. I think it is a DOSLFN/Memory
Management/SHELL issue. It's a bug that has been around for a long time and
the only way I have gotten rid of it is to forgo DOSLFN.

On another note, I am in need of a generic DOS program installer, V8 looks
like what I want, perhaps after FD 1.2 is released you could contribute
such a tool to the repo?

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Jerome Shidel  wrote:

> Hello Don
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:
>
> Just did an install on my multiple Hard drive/multiple DOS/FreeDOS DC5700.
> I used the advanced option and have nothing bad to report (except that *#$%
> "Error reading from drive A: DOS area drive not ready Abort Ignore Retry
> Fail?" on mulitple file copy. Tried adding \ to destination directory to no
> avail. I'll be REMming the DOSLFN option as before.
>
>
> To clarify, do you get this error while running the installer or after
> FreeDOS has been installed and you reboot? Or both?
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:
>
>> Anxious to test and report back.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Louis Santillan 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll do some more testing tonight or tomorrow night.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Hello All,

 The wholesome and awesome goodness of the FreeDOS Installer Preview 14
 is now available. P14 contains many improvements over P13 including
 auto-partitioning (when obvious), fixed FDIMPLES bug, MBR updating and many
 many more enhancements.

 http://up.lod.bz/FDI

 I also ran an tested one of the USB stick images on a ancient Acer
 Netbook with a empty SSD drive.

 WARNING: If you don’t want your MBR updated, you will need to switch
 into advanced mode no later than the Welcome to FreeDOS message.

 Except for any bug fixes, this is the final FDI Preview release until
 the FreeDOS 1.2 Beta. Mostly, that should only be
 a fine-tuning of included packages.

 Thanks again, Jerome



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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 - The Final Chapter.

2016-03-08 Thread Jerome Shidel 
Hello Don


> On Mar 8, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:
> 
> Just did an install on my multiple Hard drive/multiple DOS/FreeDOS DC5700. I 
> used the advanced option and have nothing bad to report (except that *#$% 
> "Error reading from drive A: DOS area drive not ready Abort Ignore Retry 
> Fail?" on mulitple file copy. Tried adding \ to destination directory to no 
> avail. I'll be REMming the DOSLFN option as before.

To clarify, do you get this error while running the installer or after FreeDOS 
has been installed and you reboot? Or both?



> 
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:
>> Anxious to test and report back.
>> 
>>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Louis Santillan  wrote:
>>> I'll do some more testing tonight or tomorrow night.
>>> 
 On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr.  
 wrote:
 Hello All,
 
 The wholesome and awesome goodness of the FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 is 
 now available. P14 contains many improvements over P13 including 
 auto-partitioning (when obvious), fixed FDIMPLES bug, MBR updating and 
 many many more enhancements.
 
 http://up.lod.bz/FDI
 
 I also ran an tested one of the USB stick images on a ancient Acer Netbook 
 with a empty SSD drive.
 
 WARNING: If you don’t want your MBR updated, you will need to switch into 
 advanced mode no later than the Welcome to FreeDOS message.
 
 Except for any bug fixes, this is the final FDI Preview release until the 
 FreeDOS 1.2 Beta. Mostly, that should only be
 a fine-tuning of included packages.
 
 Thanks again, Jerome
 
 
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 - The Final Chapter.

2016-03-08 Thread Don Flowers 
Just did an install on my multiple Hard drive/multiple DOS/FreeDOS DC5700.
I used the advanced option and have nothing bad to report (except that *#$%
"Error reading from drive A: DOS area drive not ready Abort Ignore Retry
Fail?" on mulitple file copy. Tried adding \ to destination directory to no
avail. I'll be REMming the DOSLFN option as before.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:

> Anxious to test and report back.
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Louis Santillan 
> wrote:
>
>> I'll do some more testing tonight or tomorrow night.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> The wholesome and awesome goodness of the FreeDOS Installer Preview 14
>>> is now available. P14 contains many improvements over P13 including
>>> auto-partitioning (when obvious), fixed FDIMPLES bug, MBR updating and many
>>> many more enhancements.
>>>
>>> http://up.lod.bz/FDI
>>>
>>> I also ran an tested one of the USB stick images on a ancient Acer
>>> Netbook with a empty SSD drive.
>>>
>>> WARNING: If you don’t want your MBR updated, you will need to switch
>>> into advanced mode no later than the Welcome to FreeDOS message.
>>>
>>> Except for any bug fixes, this is the final FDI Preview release until
>>> the FreeDOS 1.2 Beta. Mostly, that should only be
>>> a fine-tuning of included packages.
>>>
>>> Thanks again, Jerome
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 - The Final Chapter.

2016-03-07 Thread Don Flowers 
Anxious to test and report back.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Louis Santillan  wrote:

> I'll do some more testing tonight or tomorrow night.
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> The wholesome and awesome goodness of the FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 is
>> now available. P14 contains many improvements over P13 including
>> auto-partitioning (when obvious), fixed FDIMPLES bug, MBR updating and many
>> many more enhancements.
>>
>> http://up.lod.bz/FDI
>>
>> I also ran an tested one of the USB stick images on a ancient Acer
>> Netbook with a empty SSD drive.
>>
>> WARNING: If you don’t want your MBR updated, you will need to switch into
>> advanced mode no later than the Welcome to FreeDOS message.
>>
>> Except for any bug fixes, this is the final FDI Preview release until the
>> FreeDOS 1.2 Beta. Mostly, that should only be
>> a fine-tuning of included packages.
>>
>> Thanks again, Jerome
>>
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 - The Final Chapter.

2016-03-07 Thread Louis Santillan 
I'll do some more testing tonight or tomorrow night.

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> The wholesome and awesome goodness of the FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 is
> now available. P14 contains many improvements over P13 including
> auto-partitioning (when obvious), fixed FDIMPLES bug, MBR updating and many
> many more enhancements.
>
> http://up.lod.bz/FDI
>
> I also ran an tested one of the USB stick images on a ancient Acer Netbook
> with a empty SSD drive.
>
> WARNING: If you don’t want your MBR updated, you will need to switch into
> advanced mode no later than the Welcome to FreeDOS message.
>
> Except for any bug fixes, this is the final FDI Preview release until the
> FreeDOS 1.2 Beta. Mostly, that should only be
> a fine-tuning of included packages.
>
> Thanks again, Jerome
>
>
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[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 - The Final Chapter.

2016-03-06 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr. 
Hello All,

The wholesome and awesome goodness of the FreeDOS Installer Preview 14 is now 
available. P14 contains many improvements over P13 including auto-partitioning 
(when obvious), fixed FDIMPLES bug, MBR updating and many many more 
enhancements.

http://up.lod.bz/FDI

I also ran an tested one of the USB stick images on a ancient Acer Netbook with 
a empty SSD drive. 

WARNING: If you don’t want your MBR updated, you will need to switch into 
advanced mode no later than the Welcome to FreeDOS message.

Except for any bug fixes, this is the final FDI Preview release until the 
FreeDOS 1.2 Beta. Mostly, that should only be
a fine-tuning of included packages.

Thanks again, Jerome


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