Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

What QEMU version are you using? 2.5.0 for me (I'm on Xubuntu 16.04). On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > > On Apr 4, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr.

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

> On Apr 4, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. > wrote: >> >> I have tested under QEMU on Linux and have detected the issue and its cause. >> >> It appears to be that SHSURDRV is locking

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS on HP desktops?

I can boot a USB stick as well on the Dells This clown speaks for himself > On Apr 4, 2016, at 6:35 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: > > No floppy, I tried CD (booting SpinRite) testing a disk drive for bad spots. > The CD/SpinRite does boot on a Dell laptop & desktop. > >

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS on HP desktops?

No floppy, I tried CD (booting SpinRite) testing a disk drive for bad spots. The CD/SpinRite does boot on a Dell laptop & desktop. This clown speaks for himself > On Apr 4, 2016, at 6:18 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > >> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS on HP desktops?

Hi, On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: > > Does anyone have any advice about getting FreeDOS to boot on an HP desktop? > I get a message about "Init..." and then nothing happens. I've been trying > to get this > to work for a two or three months but I

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

Hi, On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > I have tested under QEMU on Linux and have detected the issue and its cause. > > It appears to be that SHSURDRV is locking up the system in DOSBox and QEMU. > It does not seem to have this issue on the native

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

Jerome, Eric, and others, I used the SLIM image for a quick test on QEMU edited the FDITEMP.BAT file and now have a successful (basic) install. Will test the Full install with the 512 image later today. On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > > On Apr

Re: [Freedos-user] Printing in FreeDOS

Thanks Eric - that should relieve my anxiety. >That is a lot of DOS? Why several computers? I just scored a NOS WordPerfect Office 3.01 and am going to test it in a network environment. I have had this DOS disorder since the 80s and have always wanted to network DOS. I worked at Holiday Inn in

Re: [Freedos-user] Printing in FreeDOS

Hi Dosgeek, > Just a quick poll to see how many users are actually running > a printer in FreeDOS. > What kind of printer are you using? > Dot Matrix > Ink Jet > Laser > Other > I have an Epson NOS LQ-2070 Dot Matrix (Parallel interface) on the way and > am anxious about the setup and the

Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS on HP desktops?

I need a little more information. I have two HPs (HP Elite 8000 SFF and a DC-5700) The 8000 is in SATA mode for W10 so I have to use the HP/Intel AHCI.SYS driver to "see" the hard drive. The other is in IDE mode and boots with no issues. On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt

[Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS on HP desktops?

Does anyone have any advice about getting FreeDOS to boot on an HP desktop? I get a message about "Init..." and then nothing happens. I've been trying to get this to work for a two or three months but I haven't had a chance to fool much with this for the past three or four weeks. This clown

[Freedos-user] Printing in FreeDOS

Just a quick poll to see how many users are actually running a printer in FreeDOS. What kind of printer are you using? Dot Matrix Ink Jet Laser Other I have an Epson NOS LQ-2070 Dot Matrix (Parallel interface) on the way and am anxious about the setup and the end result. I have 4 PCs running

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

> On Apr 4, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Jim Hall wrote: > > Thanks! I'll try it out tonight. > > I didn't see the link for the USB image, but I see that it is there. I saw > the link for Download and the link for Latest, then a bunch of text that I > didn't read. My bad. ;-) No