Re: [Freedos-devel] FDI 1.2

> On Oct 1, 2015, at 5:46 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, thanks for your work on your installer :-) Welcome. :^) > >> 1) boots from floppy or floppy image (like boot CD) >> >> (Note: if user manually lauches installer, skip 2 and goto 3) >> >> 2) Detects if

Re: [Freedos-devel] XFTOOLS - exFAT access a la LTOOLS

Hi guys, It is probably better to use the source of VMSMOUNT as basis for TSR drivers for exFAT access :-) Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I already downloaded it. However, my plan is to _first_ release and test the (then read/write) access as a _C_ program and when the algorithm is stable

Re: [Freedos-devel] exfat support from android linux for freedos sdxc support and more?

We could work on the LiDOS (Linux + FreeDOS) toghether, I have all my setups annotated and I can share. Even easier with you as they are in portuguese ;-) First thing would be to define what will be done... We could start with a VirtualBox running Ubuntu 14.04 Server, running FreeDOS at

Re: [Freedos-devel] XFTOOLS - exFAT access a la LTOOLS

On 10/1/2015 6:39 AM, Joe Forster/STA wrote: ... I haven't looked into GPT yet but I don't think it should be _that_ complicated. ... It's not. --

Re: [Freedos-devel] exfat support from android linux for freedos sdxc support and more?

The bugs are: 1) something in packet driver that interferes with the mouse. I can use one or the other successfully but not both 2) on 64 bit Linux, the CPU internal timer (a 64 bit register, i don't remeber the name) is not working. (1) is annoying but (2) is a showstopper for me and I can

Re: [Freedos-devel] exfat support from android linux for freedos sdxc support and more?

So you wish to mash FreeDOS and linux together? If so,I think we can make that as a DIFFERENT project.It would be interesting to see DOS and Linux made into one OS.It would be quite amusing to be frank. On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Alain Mouette wrote: > We could work on

Re: [Freedos-devel] FDI 1.2

I missed a ")" in my sentence.Oh well. :) On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:45 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU < jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org> wrote: > Visual BASIC 1.0 is a great compiler for GUI apps on DOS.(However,the EXEs > take up quite a bit of memory.) In fact,our FDSHELL was compiled in Visual > BASIC 1.0.

Re: [Freedos-devel] FDI 1.2

Hi Jerome, basically the "is the newest DOS already installed" check has to wait for the target selection. Plus it should not be necessary to use black magic* for this: I would prefer if the installer only checks if a DOS with LSM & package manager data structures is installed or not. Then other

Re: [Freedos-devel] XFTOOLS - exFAT access a la LTOOLS

It's not very complicated, but it definitely has some screwy aspects to it. E.g., in an MBR there is a one-byte "Partition Operating System Identifier", which includes different values for things like FAT12, FAT16 small (<32MB), FAT16 large (>32MB), Extended, FAT32, FAT32 w/ VFAT, exFAT, etc.

Re: [Freedos-devel] FDI 1.2

Visual BASIC 1.0 is a great compiler for GUI apps on DOS.(However,the EXEs take up quite a bit of memory.) In fact,our FDSHELL was compiled in Visual BASIC 1.0. Perhaps implementing a Visual BASIC installer,keeping the installer as a single EXE? (Advanced options can be shown by typing "Install

Re: [Freedos-devel] FDI 1.2

> On Oct 1, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > > basically the "is the newest DOS already installed" check > has to wait for the target selection. Plus it should not > be necessary to use black magic* for this: I would prefer > if the installer only

Re: [Freedos-devel] XFTOOLS - exFAT access a la LTOOLS

Nicely put Eric. On 01/10/2015 7:33 pm, "Eric Auer" wrote: > > Hi Rugxulo, > > as mentioned earlier in this thread, generic operating systems > are allowed to implement VFAT (FAT32 and LFN) without fees, so > I would not be too worried about those two more years. Regarding >

Re: [Freedos-devel] XFTOOLS - exFAT access a la LTOOLS

Hi, On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:32 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > as mentioned earlier in this thread, generic operating systems > are allowed to implement VFAT (FAT32 and LFN) without fees, so > I would not be too worried about those two more years. I seriously think you're wrong

Re: [Freedos-devel] XFTOOLS - exFAT access a la LTOOLS

Hi Rugxulo, (sorry about the long thread while the FS candidate list shrinks...) >> as mentioned earlier in this thread, generic operating systems >> are allowed to implement VFAT (FAT32 and LFN) without fees, so >> I would not be too worried about those two more years. Referring to two items

Re: [Freedos-devel] FDI 1.2

Hi Jerome, thanks for your work on your installer :-) > 1) boots from floppy or floppy image (like boot CD) > > (Note: if user manually lauches installer, skip 2 and goto 3) > > 2) Detects if latest FreeDOS version is installed (actual test not > written) If it is the latest version, returns

Re: [Freedos-devel] XFTOOLS - exFAT access a la LTOOLS

Hi Rugxulo, as mentioned earlier in this thread, generic operating systems are allowed to implement VFAT (FAT32 and LFN) without fees, so I would not be too worried about those two more years. Regarding LTOOLS quality: This thing is ancient and of course it supports only ext2, not ext3 or ext4.