Hi, A little addition to Rugxulo's post, that's quite good imho, I suggest avoiding MODE CON CP SEL, and now that you load COUNTRY, replace it with CHCP at the very bottom.
Should work as well (or better). Aitor 2011/12/19 Rugxulo <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Pete Batard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am proposing the attached patch for your consideration. >> >> Could this patch be considered for the mainline tree then? > > I don't officially know who the kernel devs are, but presumably > Kenneth "Jeremy" Davis and Bart Oldeman. In other words, everybody's > often busy, so if you don't get a proper reply, if I were you I'd > email (one or both of) them directly. > >> [1] http://rufus.akeo.ie > > This just redirects here for me: > > http://pbatard.github.com/rufus/ > > Something like this is good as many people (even CWS of CWSDPMI) > always lose their bootable USB drives. ;-) > >> PS: is there a reason why one must have an AUTOEXEC.BAT present, even a >> blank one, to avoid the prompts for date&time in FreeCOM? What is the >> purpose of mandatory prompting for those? > > No idea. Perhaps some of the original IBM 5150 PC users can comment. > For whatever reason, I blindly assume it's a legacy feature. But I > don't know (sorry). > > P.S. Your site says this: > > " > Upcoming features > > The following is a list of features that may be added in a next > version of Rufus. > Suggestions are also welcome. > > * DOS keyboard locale support > * Allow the preservation of existing partitions > " > > I might be misunderstanding, but if you need help setting up KEYB + > KEY*.SYS + EGA*.CPX, it's fairly straightforward, so any of us could > help. Here, lemme quote some relevant parts. > > (config.sys): > 1?COUNTRY=030,869,C:\FDOS\COUNTRY.SYS > 2?COUNTRY=1,,C:\FDOS\COUNTRY.SYS > > (autoexec.bat): > display con=(ega,,3) > mode con cp prep=((853) c:\fdos\cpi\ega.cpx) > mode con cp prep=((,737,869) c:\fdos\cpi\ega5.cpx) > mode con cp sel=%DEFAULT% > > mode con cp /status > > nlsfunc /y c:\fdos\country.sys > > keyb us,,c:\fdos\keyboard.sys > keyb gk,,c:\fdos\keybrd2.sys > > -- > (should be right, hope that helps!) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 > Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for > developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it > provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. > Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
