Re: [Freedos-devel] Getting ready for FreeDOS 1.2

2016-10-22 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello Juan, > On Oct 22, 2016, at 7:55 AM, Juan Manuel Guerrero > wrote: > > OFYI: I have tried to format a floppy image with a VMware Player 5.0.2 using > FreeDOS 1.2-pre23 and I have observed the same issue as described for > VirtualBox. The FreeDOS 1.2 preview

Re: [Freedos-devel] Getting ready for FreeDOS 1.2

2016-10-22 Thread Juan Manuel Guerrero
OFYI: I have tried to format a floppy image with a VMware Player 5.0.2 using FreeDOS 1.2-pre23 and I have observed the same issue as described for VirtualBox. If /q/u is used it becomes possible to format the image. I have also tried to format using only /d. See below for the output produced.

Re: [Freedos-devel] Getting ready for FreeDOS 1.2

2016-10-22 Thread Antony Gordon
Hi, Host OS should not matter. If the "gold standard" of MS-DOS works in that configuration with the disk images, there is definitely something that isn't right in this release. For those having a problem, what happens in FreeDOS 1.1. Tony On Sat, Oct 22, 2016, 12:10 PM Jerome E. Shidel Jr.

Re: [Freedos-devel] Getting ready for FreeDOS 1.2

2016-10-22 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Juan, ... > Full Formatting (wiping all data) > [DEBUG] Formatting: Cylinder: 0 Head: 0 Sectors: 18 ... > [DEBUG] Formatting: Cylinder: 79 Head: 1 Sectors: 18 > 98% 100% > [DEBUG] File System Creation > [DEBUG] Boot Sector -> 0 > [DEBUG] FAT Sectors: 1 to 18 -> >0%

Re: [Freedos-devel] Getting ready for FreeDOS 1.2

2016-10-22 Thread Maarten Vermeulen
Op zaterdag 22 oktober 2016 heeft Tom Ehlert het volgende geschreven: > Dear Marten! Haha! Is my name that difficult, you're the 5th person on this list to write my name wrong. :) > but: > > when changing the topic, please change the subject of your mail Sorry, didn't

Re: [Freedos-devel] Getting ready for FreeDOS 1.2

2016-10-22 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
> On Oct 22, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Antony Gordon wrote: > > Hi, > > Host OS should not matter. If the "gold standard" of MS-DOS works in that > configuration with the disk images, there is definitely something that isn't > right in this release. For those having a problem,

Re: [Freedos-devel] Getting ready for FreeDOS 1.2

2016-10-22 Thread Juan Manuel Guerrero
Am 22.10.2016 18:08, schrieb Jerome E. Shidel Jr.: Hello Jerome and all the other interested ones, [snip] > What host OS are you using? openSUSE 11.4 > If you booted the CD under VMware and installed FreeDOS, > are you still booting the El Torito CD? Yes. I forgot to unmount it. Now I have

Re: [Freedos-devel] Getting ready for FreeDOS 1.2

2016-10-22 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello Juan, First, thanks all the information. It definitely should be helpful. > [..] >> What host OS are you using? > openSUSE 11.4 Love openSuSE. (My personal favorite distro!) > [..] Based on your information, I have been able to replicate the problem in VirtualBox as well. Basically,