Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> If you read back in this thread, the problem was dealt with at length and solved. Dennis SentafromamyaBlackBerrya10asmartphoneaonatheaBellanetwork. a Original Message a From: userbeit...@abwesend.de Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2017 3:38 AM To: Disc

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> Don't need a network card with a dial-up modem. As for packet driver, Arachne comes with some. I am definately willing to try other browsers. SentafromamyaBlackBerrya10asmartphoneaonatheaBellanetwork. a Original Message a From: Rugxulo Sent: Friday,

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> Also, I'm curious. The 486 is not my main computer. It is a hobby project. While I would be disappointed is anything was lost in the transition, it wouldn't be the end of the world. I'm taking a break now. Please don't be offended if you post som

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> I want the fat32 in order to see drives and files on my win98 computer if I use Laplink. I was also hoping FreeDOS will do a better job of getting Arachne online. It reports low memory with MS-DOS. I have run memmaker several times. Sent-afr

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> Thanks Eric. SentafromamyaBlackBerrya10asmartphoneaonatheaBellanetwork. a Original Message a From: Eric Auer Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 7:21 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subje

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
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Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> Check! Sent-afrom-amy-aBlackBerry-a10-asmartphone-aon-athe-aBell-anetwork. -a Original Message -a From: Eric Auer Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 5:41 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. S

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> Thanks. I'll try. SentafromamyaBlackBerrya10asmartphoneaonatheaBellanetwork. a Original Message a From: Jerome Shidel Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 7:17 AM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general questions

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> I see. SentafromamyaBlackBerrya10asmartphoneaonatheaBellanetwork. a Original Message a From: Eric Auer Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 11:38 AM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subje

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> The 486 that I plan to use FreeDOS on currentlyrCA has MS-DOS 6.22 as its only OS. My plan is to completely replace it but keep all my installed programs. The SCSI drivers are all in C:\SCSI and I notice FreeDOS has its own equivalent of MSCDEX.EXE.

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
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[Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> After some research I decided FreeDOS would be a good replacement for MS-DOS 6.22 on an old 486 I'm playing with. I downloaded and burned to CD the iso. I also downloaded the boot floppy disk image because the old 486 will not boot from the external S

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> Thanks. I'll try diskcopy. SentafromamyaBlackBerrya10asmartphoneaonatheaBellanetwork. a Original Message a From: Rugxulo Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 12:49 AM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general que

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> Read what I wrote. I burned the iso to a CD. I also downloaded the floppy img. It doesn't fit! So my first interaction on this forum is from someone who treats me like a dummy. Perhaps another reason to say to Hell with F

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-05-06 Thread Dennis Fenton
From: Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> No bad sectors. I tried two different freshly formatted disks and ran scandisk on them just to be sure. SentafromamyaBlackBerrya10asmartphoneaonatheaBellanetwork. a Original Message a From: Felix Miata Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:30 PM To: f

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-04-08 Thread Dennis Fenton
To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk On 2017-03-24 03:46, Dennis Fenton wrote: > Read what I wrote. I burned the iso to a CD. I also downloaded the floppy > img. It doesn't fit! > So my first in

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk Hi, On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want the fat32 in order to see drives and files on

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk Hi, On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Dennis Fenton <dwf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The 486 that I plan to use FreeDOS on currently‎ has MS-DOS 6.22 as its only > OS. > My plan is to completely replace it but keep all my

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
.   Original Message   From: Rugxulo Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 6:17 PM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk Hi, On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Dennis

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
My internal hard drive is partitioned into C and D drives. The entire contents of the C:\DOS directory is backed up on drive D. I also have an MS-DOS boot disk that includes my current autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
Check! Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Eric Auer Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 5:41 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk On 3/24/2017 5:42 AM, Dennis Fenton wrote: I was just trying to simply copy it. I get an insufficient space message. That is to be expected. A disk image is exactly

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
for a disk On 3/24/2017 5:42 AM, Dennis Fenton wrote: I was just trying to simply copy it. I get an insufficient space message. That is to be expected. A disk image is exactly that, a sector by sector image of EVERY sector

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
Thanks. I'll try. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Jerome Shidel Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 7:17 AM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
Thanks. I'll try diskcopy. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Rugxulo Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 12:49 AM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user]

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
questions about FreeDOS.Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a diskOn Mar 23, 2017 9:32 PM, "Dennis Fenton" <dwf...@gmail.com> wrote:After some research I decided FreeDOS would be a good replacement for... To my dismay I found that the boot disk image is too big

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-24 Thread Dennis Fenton
Exactly Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.   Original Message   From: Felix Miata Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:56 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a dis

2017-03-23 Thread Dennis Fenton
@lists.sourceforge.net Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a dis from Dennis Fenton: > After some research I decided FreeDOS would be a good replacement for > MS-DOS 6.22 on an old 486 I'm playing with. > I d

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-23 Thread Dennis Fenton
To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk Dennis Fenton composed on 2017-03-23 20:32 (UTC-0500): > After some research I decided FreeDOS would be a good replacement for > MS-DOS 6.22 on an old 486 I'm playing wit

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-23 Thread Dennis Fenton
.   Original Message   From: dmccunney Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:26 PM To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Reply To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Dennis Fenton

[Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-23 Thread Dennis Fenton
After some research I decided FreeDOS would be a good replacement for MS-DOS 6.22 on an old 486 I'm playing with. I downloaded and burned to CD the iso. I also downloaded the boot floppy disk image because the old 486 will not boot from the external SCSI CD drive. To my dismay I found that the