[Freedos-user] Q from user

Hi! Below question from user. Please, answer directly for him (note: @ in address replaced by space). From: "Carl Kopin" Subject: Bootable disk I bought new computer recently. It does not have a floppy disk drive but can handle several other removable disks and memory sticks. I would like

[Freedos-user] XCDROM V1.6 Ready!

Hello, XCDROM V1.6 is available for download at: http://johnson.tmfc.net/freedos (click XCDROM driver) - XCDROM now has-stand alone UltraDMA capability and no longer requires XDMA/XDMAJR! [Note: That means you can run XCDROM on those PC have no ATA hard disk (SATA only) and have a ATA CD-ROM dri

[Freedos-user] Special question about CDROM access in FreeDOS

Hi there, I am currently writing a small dos tool that boots from a FreeDOS floppy disk. During the initialization phase, I have to check if there is a CDROM inserted with a particular file. But this has proven to be difficult! If there is a CDROM present (that means loading of XCDROM and SHSUC

[Freedos-user] Microsoft wins FAT patent

"Microsoft has won its battle with the US Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO) over its attempt to patent the File Allocation Table or FAT, which formed the basis of the management of disk storage in the days of MS-DOS. " http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/82088/microsoft-wins-fat-patent.html Tom

[Freedos-user] Microsoft's file system patent upheld

"After initially rejecting patents on the Windows file system, the Patent and Trademark Office rules them valid. " http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6025447.html -- TomLeeM / BigWarpGuy * * http://tomleem.homestead.com * * * * Director of Communications - * - Linkmaster * * * * * * * *

[Freedos-user] Microsoft Patent Victory Could Hurt Open Source

"The software giant's victory in the file allocation table (FAT) patents battle is raising concerns in the open source community. Some fear this means that global patents systems pose a danger to the health of Linux and the open source community at large. " http://www.informationweek.com/news

[Freedos-user] FAT Patents of Microsoft

Hi,   I can't understand the crying about the FAT patent. In the whole "world" of file systems are enough candidates to replace the Grandma of file systems. And most of them are free. I.e. HFS and HFS+ (the file systems of MacOS) are GPL and is supported by the linux distros for free. Ok, on Window

Re: [Freedos-user] Special question about CDROM access in FreeDOS

Andre Tertling schreef: If there is a CDROM present (that means loading of XCDROM and SHSUCDX were successful) but there is no disk in the drive, processing of my batch file stops with an error message and the usual "Abort, Retry, Fail?". If I pick "Fail" here, complete havoc occurs (I didn't h

Re: [Freedos-user] FAT Patents of Microsoft

I Agree, things like this will only make the FreeDOS crew rebell with new FS, MS are doing them selfs no favours at all with this move. But its been on the brew for along time, maybe they will not do much about it now. >Hi, >I can't understand the crying about the FAT patent. In the whole "world

Re: [Freedos-user] Microsoft wins FAT patent

Tom Lee Mullins wrote: "Microsoft has won its battle with the US Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO) over its attempt to patent the File Allocation Table or FAT, which formed the basis of the management of disk storage in the days of MS-DOS. " http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/82088/microsoft-wins

[Freedos-user] Localized FreeDOS

Hi,   I want to know If localized FreeDOS versions are available? I, for my person, search a german FreeDOS.   Thanks for an answer.

Re: [Freedos-user] Special question about CDROM access in FreeDOS

Hi Erwin, thanks for that suggestion. Despite the fact that I've been a long time reader of batch.ger on FIDONET, this invaluable set of tools escaped my memory. And when I come to think of it, it's even worse: I am using WBAT right now but didn't think of Horst's other tools at all. Maybe I'm

Re: [Freedos-user] FAT Patents of Microsoft

If I read the patents in question right, they are not exactly "FAT" patents but rather "LFN for FAT" patents. The primary reason for the patents is to cut a nice slice from the memory stick/card market for M$. FAT has one large benefit: Because it is so simple, it is easy to implement on low-e

Re: [Freedos-user] FAT Patents of Microsoft

Andre Tertling wrote: If I read the patents in question right, they are not exactly "FAT" patents but rather "LFN for FAT" patents. The primary reason for the patents is to cut a nice slice from the memory stick/card market for M$. FAT has one large benefit: Because it is so simple, it is easy

[Freedos-user] OpenGEM Complete 5 is out now (GUI for FreeDOS)

Almost a month behind its smaller sister, OpenGEM Complete 5 is out now. You can download it from http://gem.shaneland.co.uk This is a massive update from OpenGEM Complete 4, with a completely new user interface, 3D boxes, and drive auto-detection. To install it over an existing version of OpenG

Re: [Freedos-user] FAT Patents of Microsoft

--- Christian Voß <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I can't understand the crying about the FAT patent. > In the whole "world" of > file systems are enough candidates to replace the > Grandma of file systems. > And most of them are free. I.e. HFS and HFS+ (the > file systems of MacOS) are > GP

[Freedos-user] Re: XCDROM bug?

Johnson Lam wrote: > Hello, > > XCDROM V1.6 is available for download at: > > http://johnson.tmfc.net/freedos (click XCDROM driver) > Great driver! I've found a bug, though. When using a certain CD-RW I use to transfer files from my Windows XP computer to my DOS & Linux computer, not all of the

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: XCDROM bug?

> Great driver! > > I've found a bug, though. When using a certain CD-RW I use to transfer > files from my Windows XP computer to my DOS & Linux computer, not all of > the files are visible in the root directory. This does not occur when > using another freely available driver such as VIDE-CDD.SYS.