Re: [Freedos-devel] CheckHDD for FreeDOS 1.2 Installer

2015-09-01 Thread M Vrm
funnily enough) See above :) > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:13 AM, M Vrm wrote: > > > > Op 1 sep. 2015 02:47 schreef "Rugxulo" : > > > >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:53 AM, M Vrm wrote: > > > >> > After that (now) I booted it up. &g

Re: [Freedos-devel] CheckHDD for FreeDOS 1.2 Installer

2015-08-31 Thread M Vrm
Op 1 sep. 2015 02:47 schreef "Rugxulo" : > > Hi, Hi! :D > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:53 AM, M Vrm wrote: > > > > Well, I had sometimes problems. > > > > But the problems I had (I have FDBASECD.ISO) where: I was looking for my USB (it > > did

Re: [Freedos-devel] CheckHDD for FreeDOS 1.2 Installer

2015-08-31 Thread M Vrm
tted my HD,I think I may have forgotten to remove > GRUB.Because JUST before I boot,the blue screen of GRUB flashes and > disappears almost instantly. > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:51 AM, M Vrm wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I have an old laptop (for windows x

Re: [Freedos-devel] CheckHDD for FreeDOS 1.2 Installer

2015-08-30 Thread M Vrm
Hello, I have an old laptop (for windows xp) which I used for many years, it has a 60gb hard drive and I have installed freedos many times. I have an answer on all of these: > Can FreeDOS be installed on a partition >2gb. > Will it work above the 2gb limit? > Will it boot from the second primary

Re: [Freedos-devel] Offering software to the FreeDOS official distribution: Terminal Matrix 8086, DeciMatrix 8086 and QDot 8086

2015-08-20 Thread M Vrm
Hello, I don't know. But it looks good. I'm sure we can use it for something But since I don't know what the rules are about that, I'm not going out of something. Maybe we can use it in the 32-bit version (in develop). But I don't know of the others like and want that. Maybe the others want to

Re: [Freedos-devel] Test email

2015-07-22 Thread M Vrm
Yes... Op 22 jul. 2015 02:43 schreef "Jim Hall" : > Hi everyone > > It's Tuesday, and SF says list archives are back. Just checking if list > services are back too. > > Did anyone get this email? > > > -- > Don't Limit You

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-07-03 Thread M Vrm
Hi jayden, I had this problem also. But I have done the following what for me worked: Before you install goto "fdisk". Then go to the menu (press enter) select "install Boot manager" then save configuration If it asks "do you want to write to the partition table" select "ok"/"yes" then reboot the

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-29 Thread M Vrm
Agree :) Op 29 jun. 2015 20:16 schreef "JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU" : > I remember my first time using a text terminal (MS-DOS).This was when I > was just getting into computer programming,and I was new to the computer > field.I booted my computer from a USB floppy (A floppy port that was a > USB).I typed

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-28 Thread M Vrm
Hi, Until Windows xp you can even delete system files with windows. Of course there hidden but you can easy with two options delete autoexec and stuff. Windows was made to be user friendly wich it is but you can easy delete stuff. :-) Greetings, Maarten Op 28 jun. 2015 22:58 schreef "Mat

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-28 Thread M Vrm
Hi, yes I wanted to suggest that you have the .sys hidden. With ms-dos you can NOT delete command.com I was getting the message acces denied. What I found quite interesting. I don't know if you can delete it in FreeDOS but in ms-dos you can't. Greetings, Maarten Ps: (reaction on your

[Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-28 Thread M Vrm
Hello, I don't know if this is already said. But I have again installed freedos (fdbasecd.iso). And I have the following to say: You can easy delete Kernel.sys and rename the dir (fdos) to whatever you want. Like "jdjsoejap" or more serious "microwave". Maybe (I think) this is not quite handy?!

Re: [Freedos-devel] 32-bit FreeDOS

2015-05-28 Thread M Vrm
Hello all, I can do the development. I have time and like programming (i have an own OS "bird os"...yes i like birds). If that was the question. But my question is, why should you switch tot 32-bit? It have a lot features But MS-DOS is and was 16-bit. If we switch to 32-bit do you get Windows ra