Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-23 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello Mateusz and All, > *** freezing *** > After my C: drive being partitioned, the installer restarted and > formatted the drive. Then, it displayed a message "Gathering some > information to prepare for the installation." > note 1: the message should end with 3 dots "installation...", since i

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-22 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hello, > On Apr 22, 2016, at 6:02 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > > Hi, > > I tested FDI, and - in general - it looks really awesome. I list below > all my remarks. > > *** 1st Screen *** > "Please select you language." - this should be "youR language" This has already been changed to different w

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-22 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi, I tested FDI, and - in general - it looks really awesome. I list below all my remarks. *** 1st Screen *** "Please select you language." - this should be "youR language". the language names that change when I pass on them are quite... confusing. maybe it's just me, but I'd really prefer to

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-17 Thread Jerome Shidel
> On Apr 17, 2016, at 8:46 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > Hi Jerome > > I'll email you offlist with a screenshot of the "Partitioner" typo. Ah, that was an old typo I corrected a little while back. It occurred when I reworded that option from "Launch Partitioner..." to "Partition(er) ..." I though

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-17 Thread Jim Hall
Hi Jerome I'll email you offlist with a screenshot of the "Partitioner" typo. On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > Hello Jim and All, > > Changed the English language “Select Language” text. > > Changed all “wish to” to “want to”. > > I remov

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-17 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello Jim and All, Changed the English language “Select Language” text. Changed all “wish to” to “want to”. I removed all of the Periods for options. I removed the Background fill character from the default theme. (That all took about 2 minutes) Waitin

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-16 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote: > > All are very easy to do. FDI is completely themed. > [..] > Yay! There are some minor issues with the installed config.sys file. > > 1) Default Option 1 is not compatible with VirtualBox. Reorder, Remove or > Ignore issue? > My sugges

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-16 Thread Don Flowers
Point taken ; ^ 0 On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > >> Is it possible to remove the patterned background, and just use a plain >> blue background instead? I think this would look better. > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:52 PM,

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-16 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > Is it possible to remove the patterned background, and just use a plain > blue background instead? I think this would look better. On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Don Flowers wrote: > Personally, I prefer the patterned background - some of m

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-16 Thread Jerome Shidel
On Apr 16, 2016, at 7:45 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > Putting on my "technical editor" hat, I'm suggesting these fixes and edits > for 1.2-pre16. I know these may seem like trivial edits, but I think they > make the installer more professional. > > > 1. Lists should be introduced either with a qu

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-16 Thread Don Flowers
>Is it possible to remove the patterned background, and just use a plain >blue background instead? I think this would look better. Personally, I prefer the patterned background - some of my more expensive DOS programs employ this design in one form or another. On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Jim

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-16 Thread Jim Hall
Just tried out the new installer using QEMU on Linux, and it works! For those curious, my command line: > qemu-system-i386 -m 32M -drive file=FDI-SLIM.img,if=ide,media=disk,format=raw -drive file=drivec.img,if=ide,media=disk,format=raw That sets up FDI-SLIM.img as the C: drive, and drivec.img as

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-16 Thread Jim Hall
> > [...] > I'll follow up with a separate email with edits/fixes for the install > process. > Putting on my "technical editor" hat, I'm suggesting these fixes and edits for 1.2-pre16. I know these may seem like trivial edits, but I think they make the installer more professional. 1. Lists sho

[Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, Update 3

2016-04-15 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello All, Sorry that it took so long, but I have been swamped the last couple weeks. Anyhow, I updated vinfo in V8Power tools to detect QEMU. So, FDI should no longer get stuck by trying to create a RAMDRIVE or have issues under QEMU emulation. Preview 15 Update 3 is now available at http://