I was about to post bugreport at VirtualBox bugtracker, but decided to
double-check the issue first. On my system floppy images change are
correctly recognized. VirtualBox 4.1.4-3.2.3 OSE OpenSUSE 12.1.
On 16.05.12 19:33, Wolfgang Schechinger wrote:
> Dear experts,
>
> I have some floppy images
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Your problem is that that you're using a USB printer, rather than a
parallel port printer. MS never added USB support to DOS, even though they
actually continued to make DOS for several years after USB came out
(mid-1990's). No version of DOS today has "native" support for USB
(printers, mice
>> The FAT file system is defined by DOS, and I want UIDE/UIDE2 to
>> have NO run-time "dependencies" on the DOS system.
>
> Nice in theory, but unfortunately doesn't work in practice.
Sure seems to, since before this thread, UIDE/UIDE2 have "trapped" only
BIOS Int 13h I-O requests, and no one has
Jack:
> The FAT file system is defined by DOS, and I want UIDE/UIDE2 to
> have NO run-time "dependencies" on the DOS system.
Nice in theory, but unfortunately doesn't work in practice.
DOS's management of the change line is under the sole auspices of the block
device driver, not hardware/BIOS (
Op 22-5-2012 16:05, Jack schreef:
> PCI V2.0C and later versions have all worked just FINE, until
> the rather poor emulator know as "VirtualBox" appeared, using
> its MISERABLE "emulation" logic for the Intel PIIX3 chipset!!
> If they DO NOT have such "long delay" trouble with their ICH9
> "emula
Op 22-5-2012 6:21, Rugxulo schreef:
> Is anybody working on FD 1.2? I haven't heard anything (and don't
> think we need it just yet anyways). Switching things around is, I
> guess, that person's ultimate decision (Bernd??).
I'm indeed working on a FreeDOS 1.2 as 1.0 and 1.1 didn't meet up to my
Eric,
>> Do try to understand, as my damn ex-wife never did [part of
>> why she BECAME my ex- 32 years ago!!], that I have a REASON
>> for everything I say and do, same as for everything in UIDE
>
> Just making suggestions for universally faster and
> more fool-proof UIDE, as I dislike the idea t
Jack,
>> the numbering of FAT filesystem exists, among other reasons,
>> to help DOS detect floppy changes even if there is no change
I did not suggest that UIDE would use this, just said that
DOS uses the volume serial to work around "no change line".
>> As you know, int 13.15 can even report
Eric,
>> How does DOS ever detect that any hardware is "unreliable"??
>
> I do not know, but earlier in this thread, somebody said that
> the numbering of FAT filesystem exists, among other reasons,
> to help DOS detect floppy changes even if there is no change
> line available.
The FAT file sys
Jack, kernel people (now CCed),
>> When DOS detects an unreliable floppy change line hardware,
>> it should use the floppy label / serial / similar to detect
>> changes in software ...
>
> How does DOS ever detect that any hardware is "unreliable"??
I do not know, but earlier in this thread, so
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