Hi Dos386, >> [Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS 1.1 released > http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/freeds11.png
> - What's the purpose of the menu item "Pasquale" (see top shot) ? It is not a menu item, just a dedication :-( Maybe the fact that it is highlighted made it look like a menu item for you... I guess the same respect to Pat can be shown even without the highlighting of that item/line. > - It fails to find any HD (see middle shot) What types of HD do you have? IDE, SATA, USB? Does your BIOS support them? If they only have non-FAT partitions (NTFS of modern Windows, or Linux or other partitions) then there is no C: style disk active for DOS. It would be possible to then let you run a partition tool, but those things are pretty dangerous - type or click the wrong button any your other data is gone. So I appreciate the ABSENCE of a partitioning tool. People could e.g. use a GPARTED boot CD/DVD to non-destructively add a FAT partition for DOS. > - Using the menu item "install to harddisk", it starts installing but > hangs at "commandx" (see bottom shot) Maybe because there actually is no "harddisk" in the sense of "FAT partition useable by DOS" at that moment on your PC, see above? > - CWSDPMI, VSM, DOSNTLFN, ... are in For example DOSFSCK needs CWSDPMI and long file names are sort of widespread today. > - INFOPAD, 7-ZIP, UNTGZ, HX/HDPMI32, MPXPLAY, FASM, CC386, FREEBASIC, > ARACHNE, ... are NOT in ... what can you do with it when installed ? You could install them later. Question to the experts: Does the 1.1 distro already support online FDUPDATE / FDPKG updates? Otherwise it is of course easy to download the ZIP manually and maybe even using another operating system. I personally would like UNTGZ and HDPMI and if space permits HX and 7ZIP. Maybe even MPXPLAY. And I think the others are pretty big or not so much for "everyday average use" so they are for a larger, more complete distro, not a mini one. Regards, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
