Re: [Freedos-devel] Dumping C000-EFFF

2004-12-02 Thread Johnson Lam
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:09:41 -0500, you wrote: Hi Uso, >I don't think the DMCA applies to Hong Kong where Johnson Lam is from... lol You're 50% correct. If DMCA consider their reputation damage or physically losing $. They can ask Hong Kong Customs to take action. However, they have to consider

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Beta9 SR #1 on QEMU 0.6.1

2004-12-02 Thread Michael Devore
At 10:48 PM 12/2/2004 +0100, gsan92 wrote: Hi, FreeDOS Beta9 SR #1 works on QEMU 0.6.1. The graphical installer, too. But starting an installed FreeDOS has a small problem. You can't start FreeDOS with the option 1. This because CuteMouse freezes. What is the cause? What is the problem? CuteMouse

[Freedos-devel] USBASPI.SYS and EMM386

2004-12-02 Thread Michael Devore
If there is anybody who has tried to use USBASPI.SYS and EMM38, has had USBASPI.SYS reboot immediately with EMM386 loaded, AND wants to try a test EMM386 to get around the reboot, let me know and I'll send on a copy for you to try. I don't have a USB drive, so can't test here beyond the reboot

Re: [Freedos-devel] Dumping C000-EFFF

2004-12-02 Thread Johnson Lam
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:52:17 +0300 (MSK), you wrote: Hi Arkady, > Don't forget about DMCA, which prohibits these rules (there not sayed, >that you may break protection for research purpose of backup; this is why >there was so many fuss around Adobe lwasuit against Sklyarov and similar >trying

Re: [Freedos-devel] Dumping C000-EFFF

2004-12-02 Thread Steve Nickolas
Arkady V.Belousov wrote: Don't forget about DMCA, which prohibits these rules (there not sayed, that you may break protection for research purpose of backup; this is why there was so many fuss around Adobe lwasuit against Sklyarov and similar tryings to prevent publication of research material

Re: [Freedos-devel] Dumping C000-EFFF

2004-12-02 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 3-Дек-2004 11:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johnson Lam) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>After all, some picky people could complain about spreading ROMs, >>even though ROMs are too hardware-specific to be stolen anyway ;-). JL> IMO, it's for "Research only". Retriving part of the code and analyze JL>

Re: [Freedos-devel] COUNTRY.SYS

2004-12-02 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 3-Дек-2004 ember [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jose Antonio Senna) wrote to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: JAS> Would somebody tell me where the COUNTRY.SYS format is explained ? RBIL, see INT2F/1401, Table 02619-02624. --- SF email is sponsored by -

Re: [Freedos-devel] COUNTRY.SYS

2004-12-02 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Jose Antonio Senna wrote: Would somebody tell me where the COUNTRY.SYS format is explained ? I only know of http://fdos.org/kernel/country.zip using it requires a development kernel, instead of a released/stable kernel Bernd --- SF email is sp

[Freedos-devel] Dumping C000-EFFF

2004-12-02 Thread Johnson Lam
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 03:12:25 +0100 (MET), you wrote: Hi Eric, >Even worse, Bernd does the same ;-). I know you guys feel "comfortable" by putting FreeDOS under emulation, you don't have to take care the file system destroyed and lots of convenience. Maybe also explained why there's no DOS client

[Freedos-devel] COUNTRY.SYS

2004-12-02 Thread Jose Antonio Senna
Would somebody tell me where the COUNTRY.SYS format is explained ? I could not find a COUNTRY subdirectory at www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files nor a COUNTRY.DOC or COUNTRY.TXT in the kernel files. Neither a visit to Aitor Santamaria's site produced any result (I find a descripti

Re: [Freedos-devel] VDS fail

2004-12-02 Thread Johnson Lam
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:01:35 +0100, you wrote: Hi All, >> I'm going to make my dog fix it, though. >ROFL You have to teach your dog 1000 times before he can listen to your "sit" command. That means still have a long way to go? :-) I'm sure someone like Eric just work under emulation. I can hel

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Beta9 SR #1 on QEMU 0.6.1

2004-12-02 Thread Bernd Blaauw
gsan92 wrote: Hi, FreeDOS Beta9 SR #1 works on QEMU 0.6.1. The graphical installer, too. But starting an installed FreeDOS has a small problem. You can't start FreeDOS with the option 1. Strange, because the graphical installer also uses the same mouse driver. Thanx to all the FreeDOS developers

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Beta9 SR #1 on QEMU 0.6.1

2004-12-02 Thread gsan92
Hi, FreeDOS Beta9 SR #1 works on QEMU 0.6.1. The graphical installer, too. But starting an installed FreeDOS has a small problem. You can't start FreeDOS with the option 1. This because CuteMouse freezes. What is the cause? What is the problem? I haven't tried SEAL on this fake installation. I hav

[Freedos-devel] test, ignore this letter

2004-12-02 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
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Re: [Freedos-devel] Re: FreeDOS Beta9 ServiceRelease #1 Distribution released

2004-12-02 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Michael Devore wrote: Given what you do in FreeDOS project, we have got to you an actual floppy-installed machine. Doesn't your university ever throw out old machines you could dumpster-dive for? I not uncommonly see relics being thrown out here, but it'd cost more to send to the Netherlands

Re: [Freedos-devel] Re: FreeDOS Beta9 ServiceRelease #1 Distribution released

2004-12-02 Thread Michael Devore
At 06:18 PM 12/2/2004 +0100, Bernd Blaauw wrote: I'll have to retest the 'install from floppies'. Too bad that I don't have a spare machine (+ monitor/keyboard/mouse) around for such scenarios. I'll test the floppy installation again using a 2.88MB diskette image. Given what you do in FreeDOS proj

Re: [Freedos-devel] double receive

2004-12-02 Thread Jim Hall
Arkady V.Belousov wrote: Hi! Currently I receive letters from this group twice - to From address and to Reply-To address. Looks like after last resubscription SF subscribes on the other address (Reply-To instead From?), not at those, which was used earlier. How to correct this? Tell me the ad

[Freedos-devel] double receive

2004-12-02 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! Currently I receive letters from this group twice - to From address and to Reply-To address. Looks like after last resubscription SF subscribes on the other address (Reply-To instead From?), not at those, which was used earlier. How to correct this? ---

Re: [Freedos-devel] Re: FreeDOS Beta9 ServiceRelease #1 Distribution released

2004-12-02 Thread Bernd Blaauw
DAVID L. ORMAND wrote: Hoping Beta9 SR#1 will fix this behaviour, I get the boot and two base disks dated 11/30. Loading on my laptop with a CD drive but no CD in the drive, it gets past the point of loading the CDROM driver, and then it dies saying "cannot find A:\FREEDOS\FDAUTO.BAT" and it becom

[Freedos-devel] Re: FreeDOS Beta9 ServiceRelease #1 Distribution released

2004-12-02 Thread DAVID L. ORMAND
Hello, Bernd, I got Beta9 on floppies to put on laptops and 486 desktops around here that have no CD drives, and using the same three floppies to install/update on machines with CD drives and pre-existing linux installations. Installation works great on "fresh" machines, but would fail on machi

Re: [Freedos-devel] Re: Fwd: Thank you! + Suggestion

2004-12-02 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Eric Auer wrote: Hi, great to have yet another happy FreeDOS user :-). The CD-ROM is only meant for installing FreeDOS, not really for USING it directly from the CD. There should be, however, a pre-installed copy of most tools in the ODIN directory there, so you can still use many things without ha

[Freedos-devel] Re: Fwd: Thank you! + Suggestion

2004-12-02 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, great to have yet another happy FreeDOS user :-). The CD-ROM is only meant for installing FreeDOS, not really for USING it directly from the CD. There should be, however, a pre-installed copy of most tools in the ODIN directory there, so you can still use many things without having to install

Re: [Freedos-devel] VDS fail

2004-12-02 Thread Erwin Veermans
> Forget trying that test. EMM386 turns off VDS when all UMB's are > excluded. That's what the common people call a "bug", programmer > cliche' calls a "feature", and sophisticates like me call > "unauthorized code modification by a dog when my back was turned". > > I'm going to make my dog fix