[Freedos-user] Writing articles about FreeDOS

2022-02-21 Thread Jim Hall
Thought you'd like to know: of all the articles published on Opensource.com in January, my recap article about FreeDOS was the #3 most-read article. https://opensource.com/article/22/1/try-freedos So if you feel motivated to write for a tech website, and wonder if they would be interested in a "Fr

Re: [Freedos-user] Crynwr packet drivers

2022-02-21 Thread Jim Hall
>>> from Jim Hall: >>> >>> >>> > I don't know why the sources later had an "AMD" statement put on them, >>> > but you cannot claim "proprietary" or "copyright" on something that >>> > was previously released under the GNU General Public License. >>> >>> > It appears that somewhere along the line, s

Re: [Freedos-user] Ontrack Disk Manager

2022-02-21 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 2:40 AM Darik Horn wrote: > > Regarding this old ticket: > > * https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/bugs/211/ > > FreeDOS 1.3 is compatible with Ontrack v9.57 and Ontrack v9.88. I tested > these disk overlays on a 486 with AMIBIOS 2.02, which has the 504 MB > addressing lim

Re: [Freedos-user] Watcom compiler on FreeDOS 1.3 RC5

2022-02-21 Thread Jim Hall
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 2:33 AM Fabian Boucsein > wrote: > > > > After installing the Watcom from the IBIBLIO FreeDOS archive what > > do i need to configure the compiler so that i can use it? On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:34 PM Rugxulo wrote: > > set WATCOM=%RAMDRIVE%:\watcom19 > set INCLUDE=%W

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.3 on VBox

2022-02-21 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 3:09 PM Liam Proven wrote: >[..] > And can anyone point me to any instructions for installing under > DOSemu on a Linux box? I can't find anything, and the automatic > FreeFOS 1.2 installer doesn't even work any more... :-( > I don't use DOSEMU anymore, but I do use QEMU.

Re: [Freedos-user] How to upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3

2022-02-21 Thread Jim Hall
> > On Feb 21, 2022, at 3:31 PM, Björn Morell wrote: > > > > How do I upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3 on a 486 ( I can use bootcd ) ? On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 4:09 PM Jerome Shidel wrote: > > There is a CD Boot Floppy image included in the LiveCD and LegacyCD > zip files alongside the appropriate ISO. >

Re: [Freedos-user] Re (2): Installing FreeDOS 1.3.

2022-02-21 Thread Jerome Shidel
> On Feb 21, 2022, at 1:25 PM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > Jerome, > >> While it should get FreeDOS booting, I don=E2=80=99t think it will = >> provide enough flexibility for what you want. > > Afraid of that! =8~/ > >> ... it is free >> just not open source. It has very strict =E2=80=9Cc

Re: [Freedos-user] How to upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3

2022-02-21 Thread Jerome Shidel
> On Feb 21, 2022, at 3:31 PM, Björn Morell wrote: > > How do I upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3 on a 486 ( I can use bootcd ) ? There is a CD Boot Floppy image included in the LiveCD and LegacyCD zip files alongside the appropriate ISO. You can run the normal Installer. However, you may wish to run

[Freedos-user] 1.3 on VBox

2022-02-21 Thread Liam Proven
I installed the release version this evening, and I'm impressed. I'd never thought I'd see a DOS VM find the (virtual) NIC and acquire an IP address automatically! Wow! And it still has a lot of RAM free too... Very good work, all. Is there any recommendation for a compatible SMB network client

[Freedos-user] How to upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3

2022-02-21 Thread Björn Morell
How do  I upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3 on a 486 ( I can use bootcd ) ? ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] Re (2): Installing FreeDOS 1.3.

2022-02-21 Thread peter
Jerome, > While it should get FreeDOS booting, I don=E2=80=99t think it will = > provide enough flexibility for what you want. Afraid of that! =8~/ > ... it is free > just not open source. It has very strict =E2=80=9Ccan distribute if you = > change absolutely nothing=E2=80=9D license. No p

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS 1.3.

2022-02-21 Thread Jerome Shidel
>> If that does not work or if you prefer, you can use FDISK and SYS to >> update the boot code. > > Are instructions available? Only as far as the individual programs help. > > The advanced installation process of FreeDOS might also provide a > resolution. While it should get FreeDOS boot

[Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS 1.3.

2022-02-21 Thread peter
From: Jerome Shidel - 2022-02-21 00:14:37 > It installs to the First drive whose partition is compatible to DOS > and enumerated by the kernel as drive C:. > > Unless, you run it in advanced mode. Then other hard disks could be > targeted for install. Thanks Jerome. Will try to remember for f