Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Roadmap

>From what I was reading,I might have a problem (And potentially other users as well).Back in the FD 1.1 distro,I had my install directory as C:\SYSTEM\.When the installation finished,it would be C:\SYSTEM\BIN.If the installation is hard coded to install at C:\FDOS,users may end up having to EDIT

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Media Layout

Would there be a MISC directory for any random packages that the users wish to install? On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > \SETUP.BAT - Main entry point into the installer. > \FDSETUP\ - Primary subdirectory on install

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Roadmap

Hi Jayden, as far as I am concerned, the installer should NOT backup the entire drive - only the DOS directory which would get overwritten, plus any (config, kernel) files in the root directory that gets overwritten plus maybe the boot sector. As far as installing and updating individual

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Roadmap

> On Nov 12, 2015, at 7:40 AM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU > wrote: > > From what I was reading,I might have a problem (And potentially other users > as well).Back in the FD 1.1 distro,I had my install directory as > C:\SYSTEM\.When the installation finished,it would be

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Media Layout

> On Nov 12, 2015, at 7:26 AM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU > wrote: > > Would there be a MISC directory for any random packages that the users wish > to install? For the most part, I have decided to use the media layout used by Mateusz's repo CD. At present, there no plans

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Roadmap

What about the user's other data?Such as documents,extra programs,etc.?Are we going to assume they already backed it up? On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Jayden, > > as far as I am concerned, the installer should NOT backup > the entire drive - only

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Roadmap

> On Nov 12, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jayden, > > as far as I am concerned, the installer should NOT backup > the entire drive - only the DOS directory which would get > overwritten, plus any (config, kernel) files in the root > directory that gets

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Roadmap

Should we add a backup utility to the UTILS package?Like Microsoft's BACKUP command?So if the user wanted to backup everything (A command line option could be invoked to backup packages).I am not sure if we already have one,it has been a while since I ran a full installation on FreeDOS. On Thu,

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 - Roadmap

> On Nov 12, 2015, at 9:58 AM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU > wrote: > > Should we add a backup utility to the UTILS package?Like Microsoft's BACKUP > command?So if the user wanted to backup everything (A command line option > could be invoked to backup packages).I am not

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2

> 4) Remember that *not everyone* who uses FreeDOS wants to install it. As > others here have said, sometimes all a user needs is a temporary system > - like a bootable floppy or a LiveCD (e.g. to re-flash a BIOS). +1 a bootable USB stick might be an even better idea. to insist on

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2

I have some suggestions for the design objectives of the FreeDOS installer: For old PCs (i.e. any PC that *cannot* boot from a CD): 1) Remember the old days of PCs. In those days, many people with ATs, XTs, and compatibles managed to work with large volumes of data using a variety of