[Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread KOS
Hello there, do you know when V2.0 of freedos will be available? -- Konstantinos Giannopoulos (SV3ORA) Computer and Telecommunications Engineer Director of the Greek Microwave Group (www.microwave.gr) -- Master SQL

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 8-1-2013 15:38, KOS schreef: Hello there, do you know when V2.0 of freedos will be available? I'm not sure there's going to be a V2.0 sometime soon, be there FreeDOS roadmaps or not. I'm still quitely working on version 1.2 of the FreeDOS distribution whenever I find spare time. Is there

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread KOS
No currently there is not something because I have not managed to install it yet, since I cannot make the bootloader work. After installing everything, the bootloader does not give me the right options like shown here

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 8-1-2013 20:22, KOS schreef: No currently there is not something because I have not managed to install it yet, since I cannot make the bootloader work. After installing everything, the bootloader does not give me the right options like shown here

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread KOS
Yes the files are there, I have inserted the compact flash disk (installing on an alix-1d) into a reader and they are there hidden as they should be. should I give SYS C: at the grub prompt? I have developed XDOS http://www.microwave.gr/giannopk/xdos.htm a collection of msdos 6.22 and a huge lot

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 8-1-2013 20:59, KOS schreef: should I give SYS C: at the grub prompt? If you're able to reach DOS already, perform SYS C: Alternatively, you'll have to search (Google should do the trick) how to chain from GRUB, GRUB2 or GRUB4DOS to KERNEL.SYS , skipping the entire bootsector thing. If you

Re: [Freedos-user] old machines

2013-01-08 Thread Andrew Robins
Thanks Rugxulo for such a considered - and considerable - reply! You have given me much to work on regarding FreeDOS memory management in - dunno - Pentium-vintage hardware, but I haven't been able to extricate myself from real world issues to digest/work through it all yet. You've reminded me

Re: [Freedos-user] old machines

2013-01-08 Thread Rugxulo
Hi again, On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Andrew Robins arob...@fastmail.fm wrote: You've reminded me that I have to review my FDCONFIG and AUTOEXEC more thoroughly - perhaps my earlier meddling in those configs solved problems with some games (e.g., Aladdin - see

Re: [Freedos-user] old machines

2013-01-08 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: Though I'm mostly a noob at Nethack because it's so complicated, heh, so I'm not sure if they're more patient or not. The question with Nethack isn't whether you'll win: it's what novel and interesting way you'll find to get

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread Jeffrey
KOS, If you have installed grub, but it is not working, you can remove it with the command fdisk /mbr. This will write the default mbr to the hard disk. Then use sys c: Jeffrey -- Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse,

Re: [Freedos-user] old machines

2013-01-08 Thread Andrew Robins
Hmmm yes there are seems to be an infinite number of ways you can be dispatched in Nethack that my kids approve of. My son likes to die by repeatedly kicking a wall or a boulder (??? don't ask), being eaten by a black pudding is also memorable - the random gender/species allocation also gets a

Re: [Freedos-user] old machines

2013-01-08 Thread Andrew Robins
...why do I only spot my typos after I post, and not in the 3 re-reads I make befpre pressing 'send'?? -- Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery and much more. Keep your Java skills

Re: [Freedos-user] old machines

2013-01-08 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:47 AM, Andrew Robins arob...@fastmail.fm wrote: ...why do I only spot my typos after I post, and not in the 3 re-reads I make befpre pressing 'send'?? ^^^ Like this one? :-) Don't feel bad. I am in the final stages of producing the souvenir book for an

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread Michael Robinson
On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 18:46 +0100, Bernd Blaauw wrote: Op 8-1-2013 15:38, KOS schreef: Hello there, do you know when V2.0 of freedos will be available? I'm not sure there's going to be a V2.0 sometime soon, be there FreeDOS roadmaps or not. I'm still quitely working on version 1.2 of the

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread KOS
Hm... I am a bit skeptic here. Think it the other way. Although we are talking about a GUI here, a GUI is not new these days, in fact this is mostly the rule. What is special about DOS (and bare unixes) TODAY from the point of an average user, is that it is a command line tool and that DOD is