Re: [newbie] Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

[Todd Slater]

On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:31:39PM -0400, Terence Golightly wrote:
> List,
> 
> Below is a cmdln run of gmplayer.  Please note the four or five last
> lines and well a few in between:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ gmplayer

> VO: [dxr3] Error opening /dev/em8300-0 for writing, trying /dev/em8300
> instead.VO: [dxr3] Error opening /dev/em8300 for writing as well!
> Bailing.
> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.


I always specify -vo x11 when running mplayer.

Todd


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Re: [newbie] 10.1 rc1 mini cd install

[mike]

Tony S. Sykes wrote:
> I have put the url in for several different sources but it error saying it can't 
> find the hdlist file. It is in the directory as I have checked. Anybody have any 
> idea?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tony.

Is there a place to enter the path to the hdlist.cz?
Like..

LOCATION:
ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandrakelinux/official/10.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS

PATH TO HDLIST:
../base/hdlist.cz

I think it should automatically probe for it but, perhaps its not
maybe you have to enter it manually.

Note: Just a thought. I have not tried the 10.1 rc1 mini cd install
myself.

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Re: [newbie] Re: OT? win2k clients are printing via Samba/CUPS-Printer but ...

[cervixcouch]

> Harald T ZIPKO wrote:
>
>> ... if the printers are just highlighted in the win2k printer-window,
>> there's a message similar like
>>
>> 'Access denied, No connection to Printer'
>>
>> But printing _is_ possible ;-) (Printers are defined via samba as guest
>> OK...)
>> It's not very important but I would like to know why win2k is
>> complaining about a denied access to the linuxed network printer access
>> although printing is possible
>> --
>>
>>  (o>  Best regards
>>  //\Harald T ZIPKO
>>  V_/_
>>
>> please no html - mails
>> --
>
> I had the same error message several times after setting up Samba.
> Some people can print, other not.
> Probably you can print because of "guest = OK
>
> This is from my log:
> Printer problems:
> 1)
> Description:
> Printer on Windows shows: "Access Denied, Unable to Connect"
>
> Solution:
> a)
> guest ok = yes
> b)
> Add Windows user via SWAT to Samba.
> For example when connection from Windows as root add user root.
> Use identical passwords on Windows and Samba.
>
> When a Windows 2000 client installs printer drivers locally the client
> thinks the printer is local as well.
> To fix this problem, set "use client driver" to yes.
> This is a generic printer setting: under SWAT select printers, advanced
> settings, set "use client driver" to yes.
>

That's interesting.

I had the same problem, despite "guest ok = yes".  I fixed it by using
"security = share"

Now the printer status is "opening" instead of "Access Denied, Unable to
Connect" and all computers on my network can print without a problem.

This is fine for my current situation, but I would have prefered to have
security = user, but still have the printer be publicly available. I
couldn't get it to work that way, though.


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Re: [newbie] Backup of kontact (KMAIL) email

[András Keszei]

> Strange things can happen.
> I had no problems with copying mail to my backup partition and
> reinstalling MDK. I have even manually copied files from KMail to
> Evolution (maildir format) with no problems at all.
> 
> Nevertheless it's a good advice.

I checked again, the fact that you were able to copy it without any
severe consequences got me a bit grumpy.  I can't be _that_ stupid...
So: you can drag&drop within ext3, but my main partition for backups and
stuff is fat32, so win can see it as well.  Copying ~/.Mail from ext3 to
fat32 produced error messages such as: 
Could not write to
/home/keszand/gumnut/.Mail/inbox/cur/1088515714.4212.c1Plb:2,S
It didn't look like an mbox (I didn't know the difference at the time), 
so (of course) I said: Auto Skip
I guess I _was_ that stupid, but hope it'll keep someone else from doing
the same.
cheers
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[newbie] Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

[Terence Golightly]

List,

Below is a cmdln run of gmplayer.  Please note the four or five last
lines and well a few in between:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ gmplayer
MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred 2173 MHz (Family:
6, Stepping: 1)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with
--disable-runtime-cpudetection.

Ok maybe..

Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /home/terryg/.mplayer/config
[cfg] read config file: /home/terryg/.mplayer/gui.conf
Reading config file /home/terryg/.mplayer/gui.conf
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local
display)
Reading /home/terryg/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/home/terryg/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 73 audio & 180 video codecs
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system
startup scripts.

Would that be /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa_defaults? or rc.local? or other?

Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/terryg/.mplayer/input.conf: No such
file or directory
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds
Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such file or directory
Can't init input joystick

Joystick! I don't need no stinking joy stick!!! :<)

Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support.
You will not be able to use your remote control.

Don't got one of those either...

SKIN dir 1: '/home/terryg/.mplayer/Skin'
SKIN dir 2: '/usr/share/mplayer/Skin'

Playing /home/terryg/.opera/download/pics/opr01QG9.wmv.
Cache fill:  4.35% (364707 bytes)ASF file format detected.
VIDEO:  [WMV2]  320x240  24bpp
==
Trying to force audio codec driver family libmad...
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 4006->88200 (32.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm:ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (ffmpeg))
==

Ahaw here it is:

VO: [dxr3] Error opening /dev/em8300-0 for writing, trying /dev/em8300
instead.VO: [dxr3] Error opening /dev/em8300 for writing as well!
Bailing.
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.


Exiting... (Quit)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ 



[EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ ls -la /dev/em*
ls: /dev/em*: No such file or directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ 

Obviously these device files don't exist.  Why/How c/would something
like this happen?  I installed from rpm:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ rpm -qa mplayer
mplayer-1.0-0.pre5.4plf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]$ 

Shouldn't mplayer set those up for me during install time?

Am I missing an rpm or should I just reinstall and see what happens?
Wait, I just did that! :O  I'm just testing different dvd vid file
players using some wmv files and xine plays them fine (after I
(un/re)-installed it).

As always yins is da best,

Terry


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[newbie] Xorg keyboard troubles.

[Ryan Steffes]

Searching for this came back with lots of causes in other
distrobutions but I couldn't find what to DO about it.

I compiled xorg 6.7.0 from the CVS tag to run the gatos drivers
against.  When Xorg comes up, my keyboard won't work.

A hint may come from xorgconfig:

xorgconfig: error while loading shared libraries: libxkbfile.so.1:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the
mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "dri" # direct rendering
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "TV"
HorizSync 30-50
VertRefresh 60
Modeline "800x600"   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "640x480"   25.20  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
#Option "DPMS"
Option "TVOutput" "NTSC"
Option "NoTV" "No"
Option "ForceCRT" "True"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
EndSection

 Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "device1"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
#Option "backingstore"

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
EndSubsection

EndSection 

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "Screen0"
EndSection


The only thing that comes close to an error in Xorg.log.0 is:

(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled



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Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

[JoeHill]

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 04:18:53 -0400
john disseminated the following:

> Thanks for the responses. I would like to install mozilla sunbird and 
> the updated version of Planner. I am looking for a manual or tutorial to 
> use.

With packages that come as a tarball, I would rely more on the documentation
that comes with the package. In particular, look for files called INSTALL  and
README (go figure). In the case of the Mozilla browser, IIRC, you just run an
'install' script, similar to how you would do it on that other OS. 

I'm not aware of any specific tutorials, but you could try google.com/linux. The
problem with that approach is that there are such a variety of ways and means of
installation when you are dealing with tarballs that one or two tutorials simply
wouldn't cover it all, or would be superfluous given the documentation that
comes with most such packages.

> I have been using mandrake for about a year now and have learned to 
> do various things as they came up. I guess you might say that i am at 
> the tarball stage now. I like to study the manuals and try to work it 
> out for myself.

Good for you! It's sometimes nice to be able to run the latest and greatest
without always relying on someone to build an RPM, or run something that no one
has bothered to make an RPM for, though that's getting rare with people like
Charles around ;-)

In general, the ./configure, make, make install routine is...well...pretty
routine, although as Stephen pointed out, you may want to use this
switch with the configure script: '--prefix=/usr', as Mandrake tends to package
things this way with its RPM's and it works better if everything is consistent.
Many source packages install to some other dir like /usr/local or whatever, and
Mandrake may not 'like' that. And hey, if it doesn't work, there's always 'make
uninstall' and start over, no?

> If I run into problems then I get with list.

I think that's your best bet :-) You'll learn more through trial and error (it's
fairly uncommon to 'break' anything, unless you try to install some critical
system library from source, but it doesn't sound like you are aiming in that
direction yet) and bouncing questions off people on the list who've been there
before.

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Re: [newbie] Belinea

[Thereidos]

W liście z wto, 07-09-2004, godz. 20:06, frengoGorgia pisze: 
> Il mar, 2004-09-07 alle 19:48, Thereidos ha scritto:
> > Hi there.
> > I've just switched from my 12 years old Samsung SyncMaster to Belinea
> > 103050 (it's not so new stuff but try to compare to the previous one).
> > And the question is how to set the monitor in MDK10?
> > 
> > I've tried MCC and I've got something set (Belinea 103050) but it
> > doesn't seem to work perfectly fine. I cannot set it any bigger that
> > 1024x768 though I know it can go up to 1600x1200.
> 
> Before Mandrake , try to boot the computer with a LIVE-CD  KNOPPIX
> distro which seems to be great by autoconfigure hardware devices . After
> boot take a look in /etc directory and find the X config file (
> /etc/XF86Config-4 or similar XORG ) 

Thanks but I've managed to set this right using MCC. I've done it all
wrong in the first time.
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Registered Linux User No. 362185 
GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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Re: [newbie] Backup of kontact (KMAIL) email

[Thereidos]

W liście z wto, 07-09-2004, godz. 05:44, András Keszei pisze: 
> With copying the mail, I'd watch out.
> Here's my crash and burn story.
> Around a year ago I managed to get my wife to switch to linux from
> you-know-what, and all was fine until I decided to do a backup and
> istall Mdk10.0 from scratch.  With evolution and mbox format, I know
> copying to be a quick and elegant solution.  So I did the copy thing
> with the ~/Mail directory, and though it had some error messages about
> some files, most of the things went through OK.
> Apparently not.  I think everything was in maildir format, which doesn't
> like to be dragged and dropped (who does?).  All in all I lost over half
> a year's worth of her email, setting back my other half's trust in linux
> by a century.
> I did a bit of experimenting aferwards, and if I wrapped up ~/Mail in a
> tar.gz, and unpacked it all after the install, nothing was lost.
> The moral of the story: if backing up, make sure the backup is
> successful before deleting the original.
> cheers
> Andras

Strange things can happen.
I had no problems with copying mail to my backup partition and
reinstalling MDK. I have even manually copied files from KMail to
Evolution (maildir format) with no problems at all.

Nevertheless it's a good advice.
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Re: [newbie] Belinea

[frengoGorgia]

Il mar, 2004-09-07 alle 19:48, Thereidos ha scritto:
> Hi there.
> I've just switched from my 12 years old Samsung SyncMaster to Belinea
> 103050 (it's not so new stuff but try to compare to the previous one).
> And the question is how to set the monitor in MDK10?
> 
> I've tried MCC and I've got something set (Belinea 103050) but it
> doesn't seem to work perfectly fine. I cannot set it any bigger that
> 1024x768 though I know it can go up to 1600x1200.

Before Mandrake , try to boot the computer with a LIVE-CD  KNOPPIX
distro which seems to be great by autoconfigure hardware devices . After
boot take a look in /etc directory and find the X config file (
/etc/XF86Config-4 or similar XORG ) 




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[newbie] Belinea

[Thereidos]

Hi there.
I've just switched from my 12 years old Samsung SyncMaster to Belinea
103050 (it's not so new stuff but try to compare to the previous one).
And the question is how to set the monitor in MDK10?

I've tried MCC and I've got something set (Belinea 103050) but it
doesn't seem to work perfectly fine. I cannot set it any bigger that
1024x768 though I know it can go up to 1600x1200.

And the font looks kinda strange though it's hard to describe what's so
strange about it.

PS. I had no idea how dark the kinescope (or should I call it tube?) has
gone in my old Samsung till I have plugged this one in.
-- 
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GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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Re: [newbie] SpinRite 6.0

[Len Lawrence]

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:28:57 +0200
Vincent Voois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> 
> Len Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > This is a bit off-topic maybe.  Somebody mentioned SpinRite the other
>- snip - 
> The grc.com is directed to Windows users and all tools are written for Windows users.
> I don't think the author expected Linux users would download it as well.
> 
> The Q&A section is still answering Spinrite 5.0 related questions, and the answer 
> upon if Spinrite supports Linux in that case 
> is ofcourse wrong, yes 5.0 does NOT support Linux, 6.0 does, but the executable 
> currently only works with windows.
Yes, I picked up on that.  Presumably the forthcoming documentation will address
the problems of Linux partitions.  Meanwhile, support should have the grace to
provide the information needed.
> It can be used to create a bootable floppy where it installs the Spinrite disk 
> examinator. The floppy boots with FreeDOS and 
> gives you the opportunity to recover or maintain your harddrive.
> (Like recovering erased files that weren't supposed to be erased)
> Mr. Gibson may need some notice that his tool is not only acquired by Windows users.
> 
> It may or may not work under Wine, i don't know for sure, but one who has SR 6.0 can 
> test this.
> I have SR 6.0, but currently i don't have XWindows installed anymore (sorry, 
> installed Trustix...

I have contacted sales about a refund - and I was very polite.

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Re: [newbie] SpinRite 6.0

[Vincent Voois]

Len Lawrence wrote:
This is a bit off-topic maybe.  Somebody mentioned SpinRite the other
day in the context of disk recovery so I investigated the grc.com
site.  Apparently SpinRite 6.0 supports Linux filesystems via a DOS program,
but the user does not need to own DOS.  It sounded like worthwhile
insurance, so I paid for the licence and downloaded the .exe and went
back to the site for information on how to use it.  Nothing doing, so
I emailed support only to get the runaround.  No actual help, just a
pointer to the author's email service.  On closer inspection it turns
out that he does not answer individual queries, so support is actually
non-existent. And, his last email bulletin dates back to the beginning
of 2002, before SpinRite 6 and before Linux support.  ?? 

My assumption was that the file should be turned into an ISO and burnt
to CD.  That would leave the question of DOS.  The files at
bootdisk.com all seem to be .exes, which I assumed are self-extracting
versions of DOS to be copied to a floppy, which would require Windows
or DOS to run, and a FAT partition as well.
The grc.com is directed to Windows users and all tools are written for Windows 
users.
I don't think the author expected Linux users would download it as well.
The Q&A section is still answering Spinrite 5.0 related questions, and the answer upon if Spinrite supports Linux in that case 
is ofcourse wrong, yes 5.0 does NOT support Linux, 6.0 does, but the executable currently only works with windows.
It can be used to create a bootable floppy where it installs the Spinrite disk examinator. The floppy boots with FreeDOS and 
gives you the opportunity to recover or maintain your harddrive.
(Like recovering erased files that weren't supposed to be erased)
Mr. Gibson may need some notice that his tool is not only acquired by Windows users.

It may or may not work under Wine, i don't know for sure, but one who has SR 6.0 can 
test this.
I have SR 6.0, but currently i don't have XWindows installed anymore (sorry, installed 
Trustix :P)


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Re: [newbie] Backup of kontact (KMAIL) email

[Hoyt Bailey]

On Monday 06 September 2004 22:44, AndrÃs Keszei wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 00:32, Thereidos wrote:
> > W liÅcie z pon, 06-09-2004, godz. 16:37, Marc Hultquist pisze:
> > > Does anyone know how to backup mail when using kontact as your
> > > general purpose mail client, I can see a import option, but as
> > > far as exporting I can't see anything, and I have mail that I
> > > _have_ to keep :\
> > >
> > > Kind Regards
> >
> > All your mail is kept in ~/.Mail directory. Depending on option
> > you've chosen its mbox or maildir format.
> > You can just copy the directory to wherever you wish to backup and
> > copy in back afterwards.
> > Contacts are kept somewhere in ~/.kde directory.
>
> With copying the mail, I'd watch out.
> Here's my crash and burn story.
> Around a year ago I managed to get my wife to switch to linux from
> you-know-what, and all was fine until I decided to do a backup and
> istall Mdk10.0 from scratch.  With evolution and mbox format, I know
> copying to be a quick and elegant solution.  So I did the copy thing
> with the ~/Mail directory, and though it had some error messages
> about some files, most of the things went through OK.
> Apparently not.  I think everything was in maildir format, which
> doesn't like to be dragged and dropped (who does?).  All in all I
> lost over half a year's worth of her email, setting back my other
> half's trust in linux by a century.
> I did a bit of experimenting aferwards, and if I wrapped up ~/Mail in
> a tar.gz, and unpacked it all after the install, nothing was lost.
> The moral of the story: if backing up, make sure the backup is
> successful before deleting the original.
> cheers
> Andras
Excellent advice.
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[newbie] 10.1 rc1 mini cd install

[Tony S. Sykes]

I have put the url in for several different sources but it error saying it can't find 
the hdlist file. It is in the directory as I have checked. Anybody have any idea?

Thanks,

Tony.


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Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

[john]

JoeHill wrote:
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:13:30 -0400
Lanman disseminated the following:

Do the './configure' and let us know how it goes. What is the application
you
are intending to install, if I might ask?
Joe; You may have misunderstood John. He seems to be looking for a good 
source of information where he can learn how to install tar.gz files, 
not a good location to learn how to install source files that are 
compressed into tar.gz files.

You mean like a Slackware package? Perhaps...we'll see when he replies, I
suppose.
Hello
Thanks for the responses. I would like to install mozilla sunbird and 
the updated version of Planner. I am looking for a manual or tutorial to 
use. I have been using mandrake for about a year now and have learned to 
do various things as they came up. I guess you might say that i am at 
the tarball stage now. I like to study the manuals and try to work it 
out for myself. If I run into problems then I get with list. This has 
become a hobby for me. Again thanks for the responses.
John


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Re: [newbie] SpinRite 6.0

[SnapafunFrank]

Len Lawrence wrote:
This is a bit off-topic maybe.  Somebody mentioned SpinRite the other
day in the context of disk recovery so I investigated the grc.com
site.  Apparently SpinRite 6.0 supports Linux filesystems via a DOS program,
but the user does not need to own DOS.  It sounded like worthwhile
insurance, so I paid for the licence and downloaded the .exe and went
back to the site for information on how to use it.  Nothing doing, so
I emailed support only to get the runaround.  No actual help, just a
pointer to the author's email service.  On closer inspection it turns
out that he does not answer individual queries, so support is actually
non-existent. And, his last email bulletin dates back to the beginning
of 2002, before SpinRite 6 and before Linux support.  ?? 

My assumption was that the file should be turned into an ISO and burnt
to CD.  That would leave the question of DOS.  The files at
bootdisk.com all seem to be .exes, which I assumed are self-extracting
versions of DOS to be copied to a floppy, which would require Windows
or DOS to run, and a FAT partition as well.
So, should I ask for my money back?
 

Short answer - YES!
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