That sucks....oh performance update. Virtual PC 2004 seems to handle video better (GEM moves faster) than VMWare 4...I might downgrade to VMWare 3 to see if it fares worse...
However there seems to be a bug with the Shift key sticking in VPC...wonder if that is just my machine tho... -T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyrical Nanoha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:44 AM Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Boot CD Question > On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Tony wrote: > >> Would boot floppy emulation (used on Windows 95/98) be easier to >> implement? >> I'm looking from a marketing perspective. ISOLINUX throws Linux out there >> to >> the enduser even though the result is FreeDOS on the machine. I think >> that a >> FreeDOS install CD should boot with FreeDOS, if the hardware is capable, >> jump into a 256 color mode show the logo (adventurous) or better yet, >> boot >> into FreeDOS Live run either a custom environment, or GEM (it's cute) or >> at >> least use its VDI to show a desktop where you can click on an icon that >> says >> install FreeDOS, or exit and run from the command prompt. > > $ mkisofs -o ~/myiso.iso -b bootdisk.ima . > > It's seriously that easy with mkisofs... > >> FreeDOS bundled with GEM would provide a small subset of apps on a live >> CD >> (I recall a word processor, a paint program, and a BASIC interpreter >> among >> the included apps) and would give some similarity to the Linux distros >> (in >> that of a GUI and starter apps), but in FreeDOS' case, only on the live >> CD >> would GEM run. The installation of GEM would either be a separate >> installation (ran from the CD) or via an advanced tab in the already >> existing INSTALL program. > > The problem is, most of those apps are abandonwarez. (This is why the GEM > distribution on GrODIN, uFgem, does not and will not include them.) > > -uso. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
