El 16/05/2012 12:03 p.m., Wolfgang Schechinger escribió:
Dear experts,
I have some floppy images I want to use with FreeDos that is running in a VM
(VirtualBox). The images work fine with e.g. Windows in such an environment.
However with the virtual FreeDos, disk changes are not
Hi Marco,
thanks for your quick reply! However, your suggestion couldn't solve my problem.
Meanwhile I have found that floppy access works when FreeDos is started without
any drivers (Option 4).
As it's just for installing some programs, I can live with that.
Cheers
Wo
Hi Wolfgang,
I just tested this with FreeDOS 1.1 as guest and VirtualBox 4.1.14 under OS X
as host and it works for me.
I start FreeDOS with option 1 in the start menu.
I did not load UIDE.SYS in AUTOEXEC.BAT, as I normally don't work with CDs in
FreeDOS anyway and VirtualBox conflicts with
Hi,
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Ben Edwards funkyt...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I have created a small fat32 patision on my Intel Mac. I have Mac OS X
and Windows 7 (NTFS) installed on the box.
I naively assume this means BootCamp provides a fake (but workable)
BIOS emulation for you.
A very good Wiki page on printing with netcat!
Netcat can be used in many ways. I find connecting to a command shell on a
Windows PC and transfering files an interesting application. I did not have
a chance to test that yet though.
If a windows printer is configured to be used from that
Hi Ulrich,
thanks for the hint! I have commented out the line in autoexec.bat which loads
the UIDE.SYS cdrom driver. Now there is no problem accessing the floppy images.
Best regards,
Wo
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Wolfgang and Ulrich,
Hi Ulrich,
thanks for the hint! I have commented out the line in autoexec.bat
which loads the UIDE.SYS cdrom driver. Now there is no problem
accessing the floppy images.
This sounds to me as if VirtualBox is NOT posting the media change
bits for a floppy-disk in
There has been a fair amount of just run it under emulation being said.
One of the advantages of DOS is that it isn't a modern operating system.
An easy way to install Freedos safely to a desktop computer involves the
following:
0) Back up all existing systems.
1) Disconnect all existing hard
An easy way to install Freedos safely to a desktop computer
involves the following:
0) Back up all existing systems.
1) Disconnect all existing hard drives.
2) Buy a hard disk to put Freedos on, if you have room for
another one and a place to plug in.
3) Install Freedos to the whole
Actually a GOOD thing in emulation is that you do not need DOS
drivers for all your new hardware, be it for example UMTS or WLAN
internet, HDA or AC97 sound, USB or Bluetooth keyboard and mouse,
touchpad, tablet...
This _can_ be a good thing, depending on the emulator. The emulation of
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