Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-07-03 Thread M Vrm
Hi jayden, I had this problem also. But I have done the following what for me worked: Before you install goto fdisk. Then go to the menu (press enter) select install Boot manager then save configuration If it asks do you want to write to the partition table select ok/yes then reboot the computer

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-07-03 Thread JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU
Hello,Jim.The installation will complete.Then,I will boot into my harddrive.The laptop will instantly restart.To be specific,the following happens (Sorry if I a all over the place,I recently woke up):I install FreeDOS,with the installation directory as C:\SYSTEM.So all of the system files are

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-07-02 Thread Jim Hall
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 6:52 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org wrote: I have a question,which regards to a question I asked recently.When I tried installing FreeDOS to my harddrive,it never booted after installation.However,Jim,your comment 'we keep our files in C:\FDOS' sparked

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-30 Thread JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU
I have a question,which regards to a question I asked recently.When I tried installing FreeDOS to my harddrive,it never booted after installation.However,Jim,your comment 'we keep our files in C:\FDOS' sparked something in my head.During the instillation process,when it asked me what directory I

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-29 Thread Jim Hall
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:21 PM, M Vrm netraa...@gmail.com wrote: [..] You can easy delete Kernel.sys and rename the dir (fdos) to whatever you want. Like jdjsoejap or more serious microwave. Maybe (I think) this is not quite handy?! Hi Maarten Yes, this is expected behaviour in any DOS

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-29 Thread JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU
I remember my first time using a text terminal (MS-DOS).This was when I was just getting into computer programming,and I was new to the computer field.I booted my computer from a USB floppy (A floppy port that was a USB).I typed help.It gave the usual Bad command or filename: 'help'.I poked around

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-29 Thread M Vrm
Agree :) Op 29 jun. 2015 20:16 schreef JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org : I remember my first time using a text terminal (MS-DOS).This was when I was just getting into computer programming,and I was new to the computer field.I booted my computer from a USB floppy (A floppy port that

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-29 Thread Joe Forster/STA
Hi guys, I am curious what others here think about this :-) In the early 1990's, my mother's work place moved document editing from paper to PC's with MS-DOS. One day her colleague looked around drive C:, found some very old files and deleted all of them. Pretty logical, why would you need

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-28 Thread Eric Auer
Hoi Maarten, I guess between the lines you wanted to suggest to make kernel.sys and the fdos directory read-only or system or hidden or similar? As far as I remember, this was the case for kernel but NOT anything else in MS DOS, so you could also rename or delete the DOS directory and files like

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-28 Thread Mateusz Viste
I totally agree with Eric here - using DOS means we have absolute power over the computer. This comes with some responsibility that the user must know what he's doing. Even on Win9x it was possible to delete some system files that would render the OS unbootable. Mateusz On 28/06/2015 22:41,

[Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-28 Thread M Vrm
Hello, I don't know if this is already said. But I have again installed freedos (fdbasecd.iso). And I have the following to say: You can easy delete Kernel.sys and rename the dir (fdos) to whatever you want. Like jdjsoejap or more serious microwave. Maybe (I think) this is not quite handy?!

Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel.sys and fdos (dir)

2015-06-28 Thread M Vrm
Hi, Until Windows xp you can even delete system files with windows. Of course there hidden but you can easy with two options delete autoexec and stuff. Windows was made to be user friendly wich it is but you can easy delete stuff. :-) Greetings, Maarten Op 28 jun. 2015 22:58 schreef