Re: [Freedos-user] harddisk compatibility question

2008-08-01 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: > Hi! > >> Eric, is it ok for you if I grab your answers and try do write >> some documentation about compatibility in the dos wiki? > > Sure, why not :-) You can also ask Jim to publish it as a > tech note (assuming those are easier to google as they are > on freedos.org

Re: [Freedos-user] harddisk compatibility question

2008-07-31 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Learned again. :) Eric, is it ok for you if I grab your answers and try do write some documentation about compatibility in the dos wiki? -mr - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Bui

Re: [Freedos-user] harddisk compatibility question

2008-07-30 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Michael, > 1) If FreeDOS can boot from some 'unusual' device such as USB harddisk > or SATA hardisk then FreeDOS will access the disk with BIOS calls > anyway. No extra drivers needed. Correct. The BIOS drivers for USB can be slow, in particular for writing, and they might conflict with other

[Freedos-user] harddisk compatibility question

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
This two questions are completely separate. 1) If FreeDOS can boot from some 'unusual' device such as USB harddisk or SATA hardisk then FreeDOS will access the disk with BIOS calls anyway. No extra drivers needed. For any application there is NO difference compared to boot from internal IDE? T